Wagner and His Isolde

Rare first edition, published September, 1905. In excellent condition. It would get a Fine rating except for light shelf wear on covers and shadowing on the inside covers and adjacent end papers. Pages are clear, clean, without marks, tears of foxing. Includes seven photos of relevant individuals, including Wagner. The book seems to be as much about Wagner as… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1905. Hinges are cracked, binding is sloppy, but intact; corners and spine head and tail are bumped; PO's name and date on fep in pencil, no further internal marks; frontispiece of Mathilde Wesendonk facing title page; top edge gilt; green cloth over boards with gilt print and lyre/floral design; 2 small bubbles in cloth… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Co., NY. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Gifter's inscription on front endpage. Owner's name on title page. (Richard Wagner, Musicians, Corrrespondence, Biography)

Paperback / softback. New. The German poet Mathilde Wesendonck (1828-1902) was the wife of Wagner's patron, the wealthy silk merchant Otto Wesendonck. An intense relationship developed between Wagner and Mathilde, subsequently reflected in Tristan und Isolde. This 1905 translation of Wagner's letters by American musicologist Gustav Kobbe (1857-1918) charts the opera's creation.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.