RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); WAGNER, Richard.
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods.
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods.
[Otherwise known as] The Ring of the Niblung. A Trilogy with a Prelude by Richard Wagner translated into English by Margaret Armour.
Stock Code 116542
London, William Heinemann, 1910 & 1911.
The first act of The Rhinegold opens with rocky cavern in a wood, in which stands a naturally formed smith's forge, with big bellows. Mime sits in front of the anvil, busily hammering at a sword.
'Slavery! worry!
Labour all lost!
The strongest sword
That ever I forged,
That the hands of giants
Fitly might wield,
This insolent urchin
For whom it is fashioned
Can snap in two at one stroke,
As if the thing were a toy!'
First Trade edition; 2 vols, 4to (260 x 200 mm); engraved title and 64 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards by Rackham, 'New Books published by Mr. WM. Heinemann' bifold leaflet, dated 'Autumn 1911' loosely inserted; the first vol. with natural age-toning to paper, some more noticeable browning and offsetting from plates, the odd peripheral spot, more so to preliminary leaves, small nick to edge of tissue-guards at pp 32 & 36, the rear internal hinge is split but firm, second vol., near-fine internally save of torn corner to rear publisher's imprint page; publisher's original tan cloth, illustrated and titled gilt blocks to both upper covers, gilt titled spines (faded), rubbed at extremities, mottling to cloth, more evident to first vol., which has a small closed split to head of upper joint, otherwise very good.
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