The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie
New York: William Heinemann, 1910. Limited Edition. Quarto. Item #031676
Limited to 1150 copies signed by Rackham. The present copy is #1137 of 150 copies reserved for the United States. ix, 159(1) pages translated by Margaret Armour, with 34 tipped in colored plates by Arthur Rackham. Each color plate is tipped onto a stiff brown paper and accompanied by a tissue guard with descriptive letterpress, textual illustrations in black and white. C.S. Lewis, who called these lovely images "the very music made visible." Bound in three-quarter vellum over brown paper covered boards, brown spine labels gilt but rubbed. A very nice copy, internally clean and lacking the usual foxing to the images. Early bookseller's catalog description mounted to front pastedown.
Price: $1,500.00