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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie WITH Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods
by Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Trans.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1910. Two volumes complete - Volume I - Rhinegold, ix, [1], 159pp, [1], thirty-four colour illustrations tipped on to brown paper and Volume II - Siegfried, (published in 1911), ix, [1], 181pp, [3], thirty colour illustrations tipped on to brown paper. Original full vellum, gilt to spines and upper covers, t.e.g. Spine of Rhinegold slightly rubbed and faded, Siegfried lacks tie, some light spotting to covers, some off setting from brown paper to next text leaf, but generally quite bright and clean. Each illustration with titled tissue guard. Rhinegold is number two hundred and fifty-one of eleven hundred copies, Siegfried is number five hundred and eighty-eight, both signed by Rackham to limitation leaf. Both housed in a leather entry cloth slipcase . Riall, page 103. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Full Vellum. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001353
- Title
- The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie WITH Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods
- Author
- Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Trans.)
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Wagner, Rackham
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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