Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, 1876-1976, Rizzoli International, Very Good+ hardcover w/DJ

Mayer, Hans. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1976.

English, Very Good+, HC, 4to, 11 7/8" x 8 1/2", 248 pp.

Hardcover in black cloth; laid-in newspaper clipping. Minor sunning, inscription in pen to half title page, and an illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Very Good white pictorial dust jacket, 3/4" closed tear to back panel, some sunning and wear, minor soiling to back, now in Mylar. 248 pp. Includes black-and-white reproduced photographs. From inside the dust jacket: "Following Nietzsche's, Thomas Mann's or Theodor W. Adorno's assessments of Richard Wagner's work, Hans Mayer investigates its impact by means of Wagner's own incomparable creation: the Bayreuth Festival. Hans Mayer first of all explains the artistic, organisational, economic and changing political backgrounds which contributed to the artistic phenomenon of 'Bayreuth'." Includes six sections, each dedicated to a Wagner: Richard, Cosima, Siegfried, Winifred, Wieland & Wolfgang. Also featured is a Prelude by Friedrich Nietzsche.