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Lot 174
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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400
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$438
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Lot Description
[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator. -- WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Margaret Armour, translator. Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co, 1911.
4to. (280 x 228 mm). 30 color-printed plates by Rackham tipped to mounts, numerous black and white in-text illustrations, printed tissue guards. (Slight spotting and toning to a few text leaves.) Original publisher’s vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (ties lacking, light soiling and slight bumping to extremities). Provenance: John Holbrook, Jr. (signature).
LIMITED EDITION, number 299 of 1150 copies SIGNED BY RACKHAM.