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[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard. [The Ring of the Niblung]. The Rhinegold & the
[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard. [The Ring of the Niblung]. The Rhinegold & the
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[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). [The Ring of the Niblung]. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. -- Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Margaret Armour, translator. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co., 1910, 1911.

2 volumes, 4to. Each with tipped-in color plates, printed tissue guards, numerous illustrations. (Light interior spotting at ends.) Original vellum with pictorial gilt design by Rackham, top edges gilt, others uncut (lacking all ties, some minor soiling or minor wear, spines a bit darkened, small spot of sticker residue at foot of Rhinegold). Provenance: Christopher Turner (bookplates).

LIMITED EDITIONS, numbers 281 and 499 of 1,150 copies, BOTH SIGNED BY RACKHAM. These English translations of Wagner's first two operas in The Ring of the Niblung series contain some of Rackham's ony illustrations for an adult audience. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 37-38; Riall, pp.103, 109.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
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[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. WAGNER, Richard. [The Ring of the Niblung]. The Rhinegold & the

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