Offered:Parsifal or, the Legend of the Holy Grail, retold from ancient sources with acknowledgment to the "PARSIFAL" of Richard Wagner. Written by Thomas William Hazel Rolleston (1857-1920) first American edition printed by Thomas Y. Crowell, New York 1912, Illustrated, designed covers endpapers and gothic text by Willy Pogany based on Parsifal the opera by the German Richard Wagner.
Red cloth darkened over century (11 1/8" x 7 3/8") quarto with gilt embossed chalice with IHS monogram of three letters greek alphabet, title gilt full title in gothic font letter press, sixteen (16) tipped in color plates (as published), pictorial endpapers, unpaginated light grey heavy stock, printed by Henry Stone & Son Ltd. Marbury A.D. MCMXII complete with bumps to head and tail with minimal loss and complete with one page loose at PART II the calling of Parsifal and a few age related tears initial pages; otherwise a highly collectable magnificent rendering in art and script.