Lot 79 , Rackham, Arthur (illustrator) - 5 works:- The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, second impression, 1910; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, ; Some British Ballads, tear to upper left of blue cloth front board, [1919]; Undin

° Rackham, Arthur (illustrator) - 5 works:- The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, second impression, 1910; Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, ; Some British Ballads, tear to upper left of blue cloth front board, [1919]; Undine, 1920; Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, 1932 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with 40 tipped-in colour plates, 1980, all 4to, cloth bound.

£200-300

Condition:
Rhinegold/Valkyrie - spine faded, covers reasonable, foxing on prelims. (inc.. both titles), frontis. tissue guard loose, foxing etc. elsewhere, incl. few plt. margins, plts. themselves good Siegfried/Twilight - a lt. fading on covers and spine, few prelim. marks (much better than Rhinegold) but intermittent text marks, markedly 2/3 places, esp. towards end, plts. good. Midsummer - spine rear head and tail, covers sl. marked, some prelim. foxing (incl. title guard, not title) reasonably good inside (incl. plts.), save some soiling back e/ps. Andersen - covers lt. marked, good inside. Ballads - spine wear and upper board damage, some foxing inside and used feel, 1 plt. loose, biro '4' on title and frontis. guard

Sold for £280