The Ring of the Niblung by Wagner Richard - 1939

B. Schott's Sohne, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Four books in one volume each paginated separately. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to front board. Wear marks overall.

This is a one-volume American edition of Rackham's epic, if not excessive, 1910-1911 treatments of Wagner's The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, and Siegfried and The Twilight of The Gods. If 48 full-page color plates of Rackham illustrating Wagner is enough for you – meaning, you don't require the full 64(!) from the pricy original editions and their pricy faithful reprints -- this is where to get it. There's also a two-volume edition of this if you want to spend a bit more. Book is tight, clean and straight with some water spots on the blue buckram binding, spine gilt still in effect, some shelf wear at bottom of the spine. The interior, including printed endpapers, is near mint with all plates present and in perfect shape save for a couple of spots like the one in the photo. The only other marking evident is an unobtrusive gift inscription (April 11, 1943) from someone called Snooks. Any attempt to track down Snooks seems unlikely to succeed.

Paperback. Good.

New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1939 Blue cloth with minor water stains at base of back boards and on top page edge. No internal damage except for very light foxing. Spine lettering bright. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated into English by Margaret Armour.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur.

UsedGood. 1976, teal cloth. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges, mild tanning. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Heinemann., 1976. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0434619817

Paperback. Good.

Usa: Abaris Books. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volume set. Hardcovers are good with tight binding and clean pages, except for the previous owner's name written on the first front fly page of each volume. Dust jackets are worn around the edges with small tears. Both dust jackets are now protected in mylar. Leaf ends are foxed and slightly discolored from age. Light shelf ear to the bottom edges of the cloth board covers and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Complete two book set is in Near Fine condition; top edges of page blocks show very light dust soiling, no other defects noted. Jackets are in Near Fine condition with just light rubbing at some edges, no other defects noted, not price clipped, protected in Mylar sleeves. See photo.

New York: Doubleday Page & Company. Fair. Hardcover. Translated by Margaret Armour. dingy cover. some pages uncut.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .