[Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883)] Shaw, George Bernard. (1856–1950) The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Ring of the Niblungs - SIGNED FIRST EDITIONSigned and inscribed later [London, 23 May 1930] on the half title page: "Dear Mrs. Malcolm, Yes: this is a first edition. There was no previous publication in any form." Small 8vo, 140 pp. Cloth. Two bookplates, hinge at half title cracked, else fine. Housed in a custom clam shell box. Shaw's philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, was offered to those enthusiastic admirers of Wagner who "were unable to follow his ideas,