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Lot 117
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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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. Titles printed in gold and black, 64 total tipped-in color-printed plates by Rackham tipped to mounts, numerous illustrations. (Some offsetting, minor spotting and slight toning.) Original vellum decorated and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, later silk ties (some minor soiling and light wear); custom white morocco-tipped slipcases.
FIRST EDITIONS, LIMITED ISSUE, Rhinegold unnumbered out-of-series and Siegfried number 543 of 1150 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 only illustrations for an adult audience. Latimore & Haskell, p. 37-38; Riall pp. 103, 109.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection