Color plates by Arthur Rackham

Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie (The Ring of the Niblung [Nibelung])

London: William Heinemann, 1910. Rackham, Arthur. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2344605

First trade edition thus. Rebound by Zaehnsdorf with new marbled end sheets. Edges a bit rubbed, a few minor blemishes to boards, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.

ix, 182 pp. Dark brown full leather, morocco spine labels, gilt titles, elaborate gilt decoration on front board, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The first of two volumes of Wagner's Nibelung translated into English by Margaret Armour, with stunning tipped in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, each beneath captioned tissue guard.

Price: $300.00