|
| Total
Books: |
Three
(3) |
| Titles: |
Vol
1: Richard Wagner; The Man, His Mind and His Music
Vol 2: Ring Resounding
Vol 3: The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring |
| Authors: |
Vol
1: Robert
W. Gutman
Vol 2: John
Culshaw
Vol 3: Bernard Shaw |
| Type: |
Historical
Music |
| Copyright
Dates: |
1972
See Additional Information Below |
| Edition: |
First
Special Edition |
| Publisher: |
Time-Life
Records Special Edition
Time Incorporated
New York |
| Illustrations: |
Numerous
Throughout |
| Signed: |
No |
| Binding: |
Hard
Cover |
| Slip
Case: |
Yes |
| Size: |
Each
Book 8 1/4" wide x 10 1/4" tall |
| Pages: |
Vol
1: 537
Vol 2: 278
Vol 3: 114 |
| Ex-Library: |
No |
| Condition: |
Like
new ~
Probably never read. No rips tears, writing or damage whatsoever.
Corners are sharp, the bindings are tight and the pages are bright
white and clean. This set is in immaculate condition and the slip case
is in excellent condition as well! |
Additional Information:
What a beautiful Set! This is the hard cover three volume set issued as
a first edition by Time-Life Records Special Edition. All three volumes
are in immaculate condition and probably never read. They are all black
buckram with a matching slip case. Each of the books has gold lettering
on the spine and pictorial fronts.
This is an exceptional set, amazingly well-preserved with no damage
whatsoever. The corners are sharp, the bindings are tight and the pages
are bright white and clean with no rips, tears or writing. Each book
measures 8 1/4" wide by 10 1/4" tall. The set weighs nearly 10 pounds.
Media Mail is the least expensive method of shipping however if you
need them faster Priority Mail is available. Please email for a quote
as the price will depend on your location.
About the Books:
Volume 1: Richard Wagner; The Man, His Mind and His Music, written and
copyrighted by Robert W. Gutman in 1968. The text, with additional
material, is reprinted by arrangement with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
copyrighted 1972. This book has 537 pages.
Volume 2: Ring Resounding, written and copyrighted by John Culshaw in
1967. The text, with additional material, is reprinted by arrangement
with The Viking Press, copyrighted 1972. This book has 278 pages.
Volume 3: The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
written and copyrighted by George Bernard Shaw in 1898. This special
edition is reprinted by permission of the Society of Authors for the
Bernard Shaw Estate, copyrighted 1972. This book has 114 pages.
Illustrations for this book are by Julio Fernandez.
Richard Wagner was born May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany and died
February 13, 1883 in Venice, Italy. He was a German composer,
conductor, theater director and essayist but primarily known for his
operas. Unlike most other opera composers, Wagner wrote both the music
and the words for every one of his works.
Wagner's compositions from his later years are his best known. Wagner
was considered a genius who pioneered many advances in musical
language. To him it was art! Wagner worked 25 years composing Der Ring
des Nibelungen, a massive four-part musical dramatization drawn from
the Germanic mythology of gods, giants, dwarfs and Rhinemaidens. Wagner
even built his own opera house to stage this great production. George
Bernard Shaw in his essay, The
Perfect Wagnerite, considered it a work
of genius and reviewed it in detail.
This is the perfect set for the music lover and in this exceptional
condition it would make the ideal gift.
Item # 322
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