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Softcover. Condition: g to vg. First edition. Octavo. 16, 8, 32, iv, 23, 16, 16, 24, 15, 16, 16, 4, 16, numerous plates. Original stiff red wraps with gilt lettering on cover, black on spine. Publisher's device on title page. Pink stiff half-titles. Extraordinary edition of the Bayreuth Festivals in three languages. Contains contributions by various authors on Siegfried Wagner's mission, the nature of Richard Wagner's works, the history of the Ring-Poetry, the Ring of the Nibelungs, Parsifal, Tristan and Isolde, and biographical contribution on conductors, singers, a schedule of performances, a list of participants, and guides to Bayreuth and the neighboring region. Elaborate use of plates documenting new stage designs of Tristan and Isolde in photogravure, b/w photographs of the Wagner family, folding scores of parts of the Ring, b/w photographs of set designs, folding scores of Parsifal, head shots of the 1927/28 cast, folding schedule of the Ring performances, Parsifal, and Tristan und Isolde, with registers of the production crew, the opera singers, members of the choirs and the orchestra. Contains a Wagner bibliography at rear. Some advertisements on stiff pink pages at front and rear. Text in German, English and French. Wraps with light wear along edges, small chips at head and tail of spine. Previous owner's name, with date during the festival, inked to title page. Some creasing of folding scores, etc. Block partly age-toned. Wraps in overall good, interior in good to very good condition.