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Lot 353
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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$1,125
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Lot Description
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator. -- WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). [The Ring of the Niblung]. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. -- Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. London & New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co., 1910, 1911.
2 volumes, 4to. Each with tipped-in color plates, printed tissue guards, numerous illustrations. (Some toning and light spotting.) Original vellum with pictorial gilt design by Rackham, top edge gilt, others uncut (lacking all ties but one, some minor soiling or minor wear, hinges tender in vol. I). Provenance: S.H. Winterbottom, gifted to; H.W. Winterbottom (gift inscription, 1911).
LIMITED EDITIONS, numbers 553 and 769 of 1,150 copies, BOTH SIGNED BY RACKHAM.
This lot is located in Chicago.