The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. [Together known as:] The Ring of the Niblung. A Trilogy with a Prelude

London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York,, 1910-11. Signed limited edition of Rackham's illustrated Ring Cycle Signed limited editions, number 553 and 769 respectively of 1,150 copies signed by the illustrator. Fred Gettings notes that "in the final picture of Siegfried... there is a lyric beauty of colour, line and form which Rackham rarely achieves again... This is Rackham's personal style taken to its highest point of expressive delicacy". 2 vols, quarto. Colour frontispieces and 62 colour plates mounted on thick brown paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Original white vellum, lettering on spines and front covers in gilt, decoration on front covers in gilt, top edges gilt and others untrimmed, two ties remaining one of which detached. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpapers. Tiny indentation to front cover of Rhinegold, split to front inner joint of the same (still firm), contents with some offsetting from illustrations and mounts, vol. II pp. 129-138 with small brown stain at foot, very good copies, bindings fresh. Fred Gettings, Arthur Rackham, London, Studio Vista, 1975, pp. 130-1; Riall, p. 109.