Lot 10
Rackham, Arthur (illustrator)
[The Ring of the Niblung:] The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie [and:] Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
by Richard Wagner. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: William Heinemann, 1910-11. 2 works, first editions, signed limited issues, each one of 1150 copies signed by the artist, 4to, original Japon lettered and decorated in gilt, 34 and 30 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, boards mottled, edges and corners worn, ties for both volumes absent, ‘Rhinegold’ lacking plate to face p. 156, ‘Siegfried’ front paste down and free endpapers replaced, some foxing to both including ‘Rhinegold’ paste downs and free endpapers;
together with a group of 13 first trade edition Rackham-illustrated books, all without dust jacket unless otherwise stated, most with ink inscriptions, not collated, including: The Ingoldsby Legends. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907; Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures. London: William Heinemann, 1913; Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1917. The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917; The Springtide of Life. London: William Heinemann, 1918; Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1920; Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1920; A Dish of Apples. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1921?]; A Wonder Book. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd [n.d., 1922?]. With original dust jacket; The Vicar of Wakefield. London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1929; The Compleat Angler. London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931; Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932; The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933. With original dust jacket; and one other;
and six further books, not by Rackham, 5 containing music by Richard Wagner (21)