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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner translated by Margaret Armour, London: William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting, bookplate of Arthur Waugh, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, light soiling to covers, 4to, limited edition of 20 presentation copies from the publisher, from a total edition of 1150, together with Irish Fairy Tales, by James Stephens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham London: Macmillan & Co., 1920, 15 mounted colour plates only (of 16, lacking plate opposite p. 40), some spotting and toning to endpapers, bookplate, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, covers a little rubbed and toned with some light edge wear, 4to, limited signed edition of 520 copies First work inscribed "To Arthur Waugh, with the publisher's kind regards & good, good wishes, 10 Sep. 1910', and further inscription to limitation leaf "also twenty copies for presentation of which this in one [No.[ 00, Wm. Heinemann" Arthur Waugh (1866-1943) was an author, critic and publisher, and father of authors Alec and Evelyn Waugh.