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🔥 My Life by Richard Wagner — 1936 Tudor Publishing Edition
A handsome 1936 Tudor Publishing edition of Wagner\'s own account of his life — his childhood, his musical development, and the creation of Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the early Ring cycle, in the composer\'s own words. Bound in gilt-lettered red cloth with a lyre emblem, complete with the frontispiece portrait, and carrying a charming 1937 Christmas gift inscription from parents to a son named Richard.
Why Buy This Copy?
This is the complete 911-page single-volume Tudor edition, second printing (October 1936) — clean, tight-bound, and free of writing beyond the original owner\'s gift inscription. No missing pages, no highlighting or underlining, no water damage or ex-library marks. Light wear is visible and disclosed: fraying at the spine head and tail, and light age-toning along the page edges, both typical for a 90-year-old cloth-bound book and shown clearly in the photos.
📚 Book Details
- Title: My Life
- Author: Richard Wagner
- Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York
- Year: 1936 New Edition, second printing October 1936 (originally copyright 1911)
- Format: Hardcover, red cloth, gilt spine lettering
- Pages: 911
- Language: English
- Dust Jacket: None
📖 Condition
Overall: Very Good vintage condition.
- Tight binding, no loose or missing pages
- Clean text block — no writing, underlining, or highlighting apart from the original owner\'s front-endpaper inscription
- No water damage, no ex-library markings, not a book club edition
- Light odor consistent with age
- Spine cloth is frayed/thinned at the head and tail (visible in photos)
- Light age-toning along the page edges
- No dust jacket
Provenance: Front free endpaper reads \"A Merry Christmas to Richard from Mother & Dad, 1937\" — a genuine period gift-book inscription that adds a bit of charm and shelf story to this copy.
📦 Professional Packing & Shipping — BonnieBooks Standard Packaging Includes:
✓ Wrapped in acid-free tissue paper to protect the book and dust jacket.
✓ Placed inside a clear resealable Ziplock® bag to provide protection from moisture, rain, snow, humidity, and accidental water exposure during transit.
✓ Protected with bubble wrap for cushioning.
✓ Surrounded with additional packing material to prevent movement inside the carton.
✓ Packed in a premium white crush-resistant corrugated book box (200#/ECT-32-E) featuring double-wall protection on the front and sides for superior strength.
✓ All box seams are securely sealed with Scotch® packing tape.
✓ Every package passes the BonnieBooks \"Shake Test\" to verify there is no movement inside the box before shipment.
✓ Shipped with tracking so you can follow your package from shipment to delivery.
