Siegfried & the twilight of the gods.
London.
William Heinemann, 1911.
First edition.
Quarto.
ix, [1], 181pp, [2]. With half-title, an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, an engraved half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 29 further tipped-in chromolithograph plates by Arthur Rackham. Original publisher's gilt-decorated tan buckram, blind-stamped to lower board. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, with mottling to boards. Newspaper clipping and telegram regarding the presentation of the Sir John Lubbock Memorial Prize pasted to first blank fly-leaf. Scattered spotting.
The first edition of the second volume of Margaret Armour's translation of Wagner's Ring of Niblung, sumptuously illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref: 34633
