[WAGNER, RICHARD]. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1910.
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[WAGNER, RICHARD]. Siegfried & The Twilight of The Gods. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1911.
FIRST TRADE EDITIONS. Two volumes, cloth-bound, hardcovers, quartos (26 x 19 cm.), pp. ix, 160; ix, 182. English text translated by Margaret Armour. Bound in publisher's original buckram with gilt titles and decoration, pictorial endpapers, half-titles, title-pages printed in brown and black, 64 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards across the two volumes. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Siegfried & The Twilight of The Gods with some faint spotting to the prelims. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie with a previous owner signature and date neatly inked to front endpaper. Without dust jackets. A handsome set.
Notes: First trade editions, first impressions, complete in two volumes. A beautifully illustrated set of Richard Wagner's four epic opera dramas, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped-in colour plates.
