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2002282515New York: MetroBooks 2002. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Over 150 Illus. mostly in color. Square 4to cloth d.w. with small repaired tear some right margins slightly wavy. New York: MetroBooks 2002. Very good<br/><br/> MetroBooks unknown books
1997282581New York: MetroBooks 1997. hardcover. very good. Many photo Illus. mostly in color. 112pp. Square 4to black cloth. New York: Metrobooks 1997. Very good<br/><br/> MetroBooks unknown books
1928002109New York: Sears 1928. Wagner Rob. TESSIE MOVES ALONG. NY: Sears 1928. First Edition. A bright Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket lightly used tiny chips and closed tears. A Hollywood novel about a young flapper starlet who rises from the Bowery "Pork and Beanery" to the top of movie industry stardom. Art Deco dust jacket design very cleverly puts Tess in a wraparound "celluloid" design. The author Rob Wagner worked in Hollywood as journalist screenwriter and bon vivant. He even places himself in the novel page 301! A nice find with excellent eye appeal for the collector of early Hollywood novels or indeed delightful dust jackets. Scarce in condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Sears Hardcover books
2006172915Koln: Kolnisches Stadtmuseum 2006. Hardcover. VG. Color-illustrated boards with teal and black lettering. 471 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Kolnisches Stadtmuseum hardcover books
017225New York; 1911: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. First Edition. Quarto. no pagination translated by T.W. Rolleston beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany each page illustrated in black often with accents or red contains 16 tipped in color plates pictorial endpapers accented in blue red tan and gray. A striking production of Wagner's dramatic poem of fantasy brilliantly illustrated by Pogany bound in gray pictorial cloth accented in blue black and gilt spine gilt some general finger soiling and rubbing. A very nice copy of this spectacular work. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co unknown books
D2528London: G. G. Harrap n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. GIlt-ruled half morocco and decorative green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine 5 raised bands t. e. g.; illustrated throughout with four-color lithographs and full-color tipped-on plates. A lavish production. Spine a bit sunned; some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; a little faint browning on prelims and terminals otherwise internally bright and clean. A lovely copy. <br/><br/> G. G. Harrap hardcover books
19101312085London: William Heinemann 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto 159 pages; VG-; rebound in quarter red calf marbled boards and endpapers paneled spine with gilt tooling and lettering; sun-darkening to spine; wear to hinges with front board starting on both ends; rubbing to boards; with thirty-four full page coloured mounted plates; shelved case 12. 1312085. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Heinemann hardcover books
1911180219007Paris: Hachette et Cie 1911. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Deluxe French limited edition; copy #213 of 340 of 390 total signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum binding stamped in gilt. Near Fine. Boards faintly bowed bump to top of spine vellum lightly soiled bookseller ticket to front paste down. All illustrations and tissue guards present lacking ribbon ties. A lovely copy of the deluxe French limited edition which had a much smaller limitation than its British counterpart. Hachette et Cie hardcover books
19111286384London: Heinemann 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-; Vellum binding; Silk ties to front fore edge; Gilt lettering on spine gilt design to front; Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition; Upper edge gilt all other edges deckle cut; Binding is tight; Text block is toned but free of marking; All images clean; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham and is numbered 944 of an edition of 1150. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Shelved Case 14 Dupont. 1286384. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Heinemann hardcover books
19091342354New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1909. Hardcover. Quarto 358 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's black cloth with embossed gilt pink light blue and blue color; some rubbing and shelfwear including to the color; interior clean; "with seven full-page illustrations in colour after paintings by George Alfred Williams"; Each plate preceded by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. scarce; shelved case 14. 1342354. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
187039073London: Novello Ewer and Co. Very Good. 1870s. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. Binding a bit worn. Original owner's inscription dated 1877.; 266 pages 26 cm. "Novello's Original Octavo Edition" Words in English and German; Piano accompaniment. . Novello Ewer and Co. hardcover books
1939178145New York: Crown Publishers 1939. Hardcover. VG/Poor dust jackets exhibit shelf wear and soiling slipcase broken with some pieces missing interiors bindings and cloth cases very clean and tight. Three volumes in black slipcase with paper label. Black illustrated wraps on each volume red cloth binding with gilt lettering. French and German: 504 pp. Italian: 481 pp. Wagner: 470 pp. English French German and Italian. Includes The Authentic Librettos of the Italian operas The Authentic Librettos of Wagner and The Authentic Librettos of the French and German operas. Each edition is bilingual with the original language printed next to the English translation. Sheet music for arias included. Crown Publishers hardcover books
19109001328New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1910. Hardcover. Good. Arthur Rackham. In publisher's original quarter green cloth and paper boards stamped in gilt. Beautiful vignette on cover in gilt. Bright Arthur Rackham illustrations with tissue guards. Non-circulating library book plate stamp and pocket on rear paste down endpaper. Interior hinges are almost separated head and heel of spine frayed slight water mark at the top of first leaf and tissues facing the illustrations otherwise in good condition. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
191115122903New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1911. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Rackham Arthur. First US limited edition no. 82 of 1150 copies quarto size 184 pp. signed by Arthur Rackham. British illustrator Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in printing technology. The subtle colours and thin lines were unlike anything that had come before as if plucked from the fog of a wild imagination breathing new life into the whole of children's book illustration. Part of Rackham's genius was his ability to convey both menace in his grotesque humanoid trees and trolls as well as delicate and almost ethereal beauty in his fairies princesses and heroines.<br/><br/>This work "Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods" is considered by many to be Rackham's most magnificent work; based on the "Götterdämmerung" by Richard Wagner the last in his cycle of four musical dramas collectively called "Der Ring des Nibelungen" "The Ring of the Nibelung" it is loosely based on Old Norse mythologies. <br/><br/>Rackham created thirty full-colour illustrations for this work which are breathtaking in presenting the passions of the "Ring" and its many characters: the ethereal beauty of Brünnhilde the venomous evil of the dragon Fafner the cunning of the dwarves the ecstasy of love found and the subsequent despair of love betrayed and lost. Later reprints do not do these illustrations justice and Rackham justifiably oversaw the first edition reproduction processes to ensure the illustrations were to his exacting standards.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Rebound in brown laid paper boards with an ivory cloth spine original publisher's paper label laid down on the spine grey-green laid paper endpapers limitation statement with Arthur Rackham's signature on the verso of the page preceding the frontispiece title page with green lettering and a small illustration by Rackham in black the thirty colour illustrations are tipped onto heavy brown paper each with a lettered tissue guard nine drawings total including title page in black and white many signatures unopened; quarto size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: i-x 1-182 blank printer's statement printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd London count excludes pages with tipped-in illustrations and tissue guards; limited edition of 1150 copies all signed by Rackham with 150 being reserved for America of which this is no. 82. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall with a strong square text block hinges a bit tender but holding well the interior bright and clean obviously unread as many signatures are unopened free of prior owner markings and all the illustrations with their tissue guards are present as called for each of the illustrations being in fine condition save one pg. 108 which has a very small rubbed spot; the binding with some rubbing to the corners particularly the bottom corners overall light soiling with some small tears to the cloth spine; even with its few exterior faults and having been rebound a lovely example of this Rackham tour de force. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Latimore & Haskell pg. 37; Riall pg. 109. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
20011336923Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2001. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo two volumes; VG; full bindings of genuine red leather; spines with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear; all edges gilt; silk moire end papers; satin ribbon bookmarks; full color illustrations; pages clean; shelved Easton Press. 1336923. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1905WRCLIT60697New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. 1905. Decorated cloth lettered in gilt t.e.g. others rough-trimmed. Frontis and plates. First edition of this translation/adaptation with Huckel's signed presentation inscription in the year of publication. Very near fine. T. Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover books
199073038Baton Rouge & London: Louisiana State University Press 1990. First edition. xiii 349 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Baton Rouge & London: Louisiana State University Press unknown books
200173037NY: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt 2001. Second printing. xi 397 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. NY: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt unknown books
306756London W.H. Allen 1951. First edition thus. Illustrated with 12 b/w plates. 3 page preface by the author. Dust jacket designed by Peter Rudland unclipped; short tear; few small chips; stain on back panel. Very good. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, W.H. Allen, 1951. hardcover books
9891New York Doubleday Page and Co. n/d. Translated by Margaret Armour. Illustrated with 26 full page colour plates and textual vignettes by Arthur Rackham. Bound in quarter cloth and green paper over boards with title and decorations stamped in gilt on the front and spine. Wear at corners and head and heel of spine minor soiling to paper boards front interior hinge is weak otherwise very good. Text block is clean and tight. <br/><br/> New York, Doubleday Page and Co., [n/d]. hardcover books
1967303319London Secker & Warburg 1967. 1967. First edition so stated. Frontispiece portrait photograph of Kirsten Flagstad and 16 pages of photographs. Appendixes index. 3/4 gilt stamped dark red morocco over matching cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe spine with raised bands covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers t.e.g. Very good-fine. 248 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Secker & Warburg [1967]. hardcover books
198170380London: NLB 1981. First UK edition. 159 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original German by Rodney Livingstone. London: NLB unknown books
187518437Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne April 1875. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Götterdämmerung. Vollständiger Klavierauszug von Karl Klindworth. Folio. Lithographed throughout. PN 21500. 1f. general title "Der Ring des Nibelungen" 1f. title 1f. half-title 1 cast list and contents 2-357 i blank pp. Inscribed on the title page by cellist and composer David Popper as follows: "Der unsterblichen / Muse Richard Wagner / kunstbegeisterten / Förderer durch Wort / und Schrift von / seinem ihn herzlich / .David Poper / Wien 6. Mai 1875 / III. Wagnerkonzert in Wien" "The immortal muse of Richard Wagner / his art-loving supporter through written/ and spoken word/ warmly / David Popper / Vienna 6 May 1875 / 3. Wagner concert in Vienna".   Contemporary black cloth boards quarter brown leather. Generally in fine internal condition throughout with a few light pencil markings one leaf p. 11/12 with two significant tears; spine covering largely perished boards separating from the block rear board barely holding on. Fuld p. 465; Deathridge Geck and Voss WWV p. 402; Klein p. 51. <br>The present historic copy was inscribed on the occasion of Wagner's conducting portions of Götterdämmerung in concert in Vienna in advance of the the complete opera's Bayreuth premiere in 1876. The publication of this piano vocal score preceded the full score by over a year and the general title page on which Popper has inscribed as well as the half title are common to the full scores of all four Ring operas. As with Siegfried and Parsifal Schott's first edition of Götterdämmerung was issued in lithographed form with only a few mainly presentation copies being issued directly from the engraved plates. <br>One of the most influential cellists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Popper was a student of Julius Goltermann and at age 25 secured the position of principal in the Vienna Hofoper and the Vienna PO the youngest player to hold such a post and later joined the Hellmesberger Quartet. He was in friendly contact with Franz Liszt whose pupil pianist Sophie Menter became Popper's first wife in 1872. This marriage which produced in 1876 a daughter Celeste ended after fourteen years although during that time the couple appeared in countless joint recitals. His acquaintance with Liszt led Popper also to Richard Wagner and in 1873 he became a co-founder of the first ever official Wagner Society the Viennese Wagner-Verband. In 1886 his marriage dissolved Popper was appointed by Liszt as professor at the National Hungarian Royal Acadamy of Music where he established the cello and chamber music divisions. He remained until his death having also served as a member of the Hubay Quartet. A cellist of superior technique and a warm powerful tone Popper was a champion of new music and the composer of more than 75 works mostly for his own instrument. His most important contribution is certainly the Hohe Schule des Violoncello-Spiels a set of 40 studies that examine the positions of the left hand within a highly chromatic Wagner-influenced setting. <br style="">Götterdämmerung is the fourth opera in the Ring cycle. Excerpts were first performed in a concert at the Musikverein in Vienna on March 25 1875; the entire work was first performed as part of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth on August 17 1876. "The final opera of the Ring. provides an appropriately weighty conclusion to the epic cycle. 26 years elapsed from the time Wagner made his first prose draft for the work then called Siegfrieds Tod to the completion of the full score with inevitable consequences in terms of stylistic unity. Retrogressive elements of grand opera exist side by side with motivic integration representative of Wagner's most mature style. And yet the stylistic integrity of Götterdämmerung is scarcely compromised so skillfully are the disparate elements welded together and so intense the dramaturgical conviction. The resources and stamina demanded by the work from both singers and orchestra combined with its sheer length and theatrical potency make it one of the most daunting yet rewarding undertakings in the operatic repertory." Grove Music Online<br style=""><br style=""> B. Schott's Söhne hardcover books
16580Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Autograph musical quotation from the legendary Austrian-Hungarian conductor who conducted the very first Bayreuth Festival and in 1877 shared the conductorship of the Wagner festival in London with the composer. Richter has penned two short Wagnerian themes: at the left the march theme from Die Meistersinger and at the right the "Ride of the Valkyries" theme from Die Walküre. He has signed boldly between the two quotations and dated Edinburgh October 21 1896. Trimmed from a small album leaf to 5 x 1.5 inches 12.8 x 4.2 cm. In very fine condition.<br> unknown books
13871Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Large commemorative metal plate ca. 1900 honoring the composer. Signed with an unidentified monogram HS the composer right facing bust portrait encircled in garland and in an elaborate decorative outer border of heads and twisting vines. Hanging hardware on verso a little tarnished in places but overall very striking indeed. 17 inches 43 cm in diameter. unknown books
