The Ring of the Niblung: A Trilogy with a Prelude. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated into English by Margaret Armour.

  • Wagner, Richard
  • London: William Heinemann 1910

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Description

FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS, second impression of the first volume and first impression of the second, 2 vols., 4to, pp. x, 160; x + 34 tipped-in colour plates, 181, [3] + 30 tipped-in colour plates. Captioned tissue guards bound in with each plate, black and white illustrations within pagination. Original tan buckram, front boards and spines blocked in gilt, publisher’s stamp in blind to rear boards, cream endpapers printed in yellow, top edge brown. Two plates slightly soiled at head, a little spotting. Bindings a touch faded and marked, slightly bumped to edges.

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The first publication of Richard Wagner's famous Ring cycle with Arthur Rackham's haunting and ethereal illustrations.

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