The Rhinegold: & the Valkyrie / by Richard Wagner; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham; translated by Margaret Armour
by Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)
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About This Item
London New York: William Heinemann; Doubleday,, 1910. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Illustrated end-papers. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 159 pages, [34] leaves of plates: illustrations (colour); 26 cm. Notes: The coloured plates are mounted and accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Illustrated title page; black and white head pieces to each scene.Contents: Rhinegold. Valkyrie. Subjects: Operas; Librettos. Photoengraving; Specimens. NibelungenOpera German 19th century. Genre: Fiction.Illustrated. Inscriptions.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 315354
- Title
- The Rhinegold: & the Valkyrie / by Richard Wagner; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham; translated by Margaret Armour
- Author
- Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London New York: William Heinemann; Doubleday,
- Date Published
- 1910
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