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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
by Wagner, Richard. Translated By Margaret Armour. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. Third printing, 1912. Worn copy. Beautifully illustrated with 33 (of 34) tipped-on tissue-protected color plates by Rackham. Blue cloth printed in gilt, 159 pages plus plates. Covers worn with spine chipped and separating from text block, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound but no longer firm, pages and background of plates age-toned, otherwise clean with no names or other markings. The plate opposite page 72 is absent, and the plate opposite page 112 has been removed with the background page cut down to a smaller size and loosely laid in in the correct place. The frontis tissue is detached but present, one other tissue chipped. All other plates present and in very good condition. . Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047087
- Title
- The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
- Author
- Wagner, Richard. Translated By Margaret Armour. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- GOLDEN AGE ILLUSTRATION ART COLOR PLATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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