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OPERA 19th Century Libretti
Five scarce libretti in Hungarian of grand operas by Gounod Meyerbeer Wagner and Thomas all with named cast lists
1873. GOUNOD<br/>Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. <br/>Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp.<br/>Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. <br/><br/>MEYERBEER<br/>Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856.<br/>Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp.<br/>Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850.<br/><br/>MEYERBEER<br/>Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852.<br/>Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. <br/>Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. <br/><br/>THOMAS<br/>Mignon. Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Göthe "Meister Vilmos Tanuló Évei" czimü regénye után irták Carré es Barbier. Forditotta Ormai Ferencz. Zenejét szerzé Thomas Ambrus. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinand 1873.<br/>Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp.<br/>Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873.<br/><br/>WAGNER<br/>Tannhäuser; és a Wartburgi Dalnok Verseny Regényes dalmü 3 felvonásban. Szövegét s zenéjét irta Wagner Richard. Magyarra forditotta Ãbrányi Kornél. Pest: Kiadja Pfiefer Ferdinánd 1871.<br/>Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp.<br/>Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 36011
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Jean Luc Godard director screenwriter; Georges Bizet opera; Anne Marie Mieville screenwriter; Maruschka Detmers Jacques Bonnaf
First Name: Carmen Prenom: Carmen Original photograph from the 1983 French film
N.p.: Sara Films 1983. Vintage reference photograph from the 1983 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso.<br/><br/>Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Sara Films unknown books
Bookseller reference : 149602
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Jean Luc Godard director starring; Georges Bizet opera; Anne Marie Mieville screenwriter; Marushka Detmers Jacques Bonnaffe M
First Name: Carmen Prenom Carmen Original photograph of Jean-Luc Godard from the US release of the 1983 French film
N.p.: International Spectrafilm Distribution 1984. Vintage reference photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Valerie Dreville from the 1984 US release of the 1983 French film.<br/><br/>Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown books
Bookseller reference : 151105
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Jean Luc Godard director; Georges Bizet opera; Anne Marie Mieville screenwriter; Marushka Detmers Jacques Bonnaffe Myriem Rous
First Name: Carmen Prenom Carmen Original photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film
Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on Georges Bizet's 1875 opera. A young woman involved in a terrorist gang is embroiled in a plan to rob a bank but her plans are waylaid when she falls for the security guard.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
Bookseller reference : 150041
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OPERA 20th Century German
Fliegende Blätter. Nos. 3325-3328 April-May 1909
München: Braun & Schneider 1909. 4 issues. Small quarto. Stapled. 185-232 pp. <br/><br/>Profusely illustrated with drawings cartoons and caricatures by August Roeseler 1866-1934 Werner Zehme 1859-1924 and others.<br/><br/>From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned. This popular German periodical contained commentary of a humourous nature particularly relating to contemporary German theatre opera literature art and social mores.<br/><br/>"Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. Braun & Schneider unknown books
Bookseller reference : 31924
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OPERA. Korovine Konstantine Alekseyevich 1861 1939
Original costume design by the important Russian artist Korovine in all likelihood for an operatic character. Untitled and undated by ca. 1900-1920
Executed in ink pencil gouache and silver paint on wove paper. Unsigned but with monogrammatic handstamp to lower left corner. With annotations in ink in Russian relative to various parts of the costume. 13.125" x 8.75" 332 x 222 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled; some edge tears and repairs; upper right corner with erasure resulting in minor paper loss. Korovine designed costumes for productions of Russian operas including Borodin's Prince Igor Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko and Le Coq d'Or.<br/><br/>"Konstantine Korovine is one of the most famous of Russia's twentieth-century stage designers. He made his debut as a theatrical painter in 1885 when he executed the sets and costumes for the production of Snegurochka at Savva Mamontov's Private Opera after Vasnetsov's designs and thereafter he emerged rapidly as an independent stage designer - decorating according to one souce 80 operas 37 ballets and 17 dramas during his lifetime. Korovine brought to the Russian stage a vibrancy and richness that was lacking in the traditional Imperial theaters. He felt more at ease when called upon to design operas and ballets treating of Russian history and legend such as Prince Igor Sadko and The Golden Cockerel and he designed sets and costumes for such spectacles at home and abroad." Bowlt: Russian Stage Design Scenic Innovation 1900-1930 from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky pp. 175-176. MacDougall Arts Ltd. London auction June 9 2011 lot 413 catalogue p. 17. unknown books
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OPERA 19th Century Costume Design
Original 19th century costume design. Unsigned and undated but ca. 1860-1870
Image size ca. 212 x 142 mm. sheet size 321 x 190 mm. <br/><br/>The design depicts a man dressed in an exotic Egyptian costume deocrated with numerous armlets anklets necklace earrings headdress etc. Executed in watercolour and gold paint on heavy wove paper. <br/><br/>Slightly worn; browning to outer edges from old mat; remnants of mounting paper to verso. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29868
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Franco Zeffirelli director screenwriter; Giuseppe Verdi opera; Francesco Maria Piave screenwriter; Teresa Stratas Placido Domi
La Traviata Original photograph from the 1982 film
N.p.: Accent Films B.V. 1982. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1982 film. Based on Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera of the same name. <br/><br/>A musical retelling of Verdi's famous opera which follows the doomed romance between a courtesan and a nobleman. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Accent Films B.V. unknown books
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Ballet Gilbert
Le Rein Senile : Contribution a L'Etude de la Nephrite Interstitielle Chez les Vieillards Extrait de la Revue de Medecine
Librairie Germer Bailliere Et Cie 1881. Very Good. Ballet Gilbert. Le Rein Senile : Contribution a L'Etude de la Nephrite Interstitielle Chez les Vieillards Extrait de la Revue de Medecine. Paris: Librairie Germer Bailliere Et Cie 1881. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good. Contemporary ink notation at top of front wrap and tiny blind stamp on bottom edge. A small number stamp on first page. Back wrap lacking and with glue residue and stitching holes at spine from previous binding in a larger volume. Contents very good. Text in French. . Librairie Germer Bailliere Et Cie unknown books
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MANN Curtis John Opera Stacia Yeapanis Rod Slemmons Karen Irvine and Natasha Egan
MP3: Midwest Photographers Publication Project Volume II
New York: Aperture 2009. First edition. Hardcovers. Three volumes. Curtis Mann with an essay by Rod Slemmons John Opera with an essay by Karen Irvine and Stacia Yeapnis with an essay by Natasha Egan. Each book with numerous illustrations. All books in fine condition and in a fine cardstock slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. Aperture unknown books
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PARIS Opera Albumen Photograph
Large Vintage 1880s Albumen Photograph of the Paris Opera and Street Scene
Original Albumen photographic print of 19th century Paris. In the foreground several carriages are crossing paths in front of the Paris Opera. Circa 1880s. by X.phot. as credited in the title bar. A superb image capturing a period of time in 19th century Paris. 8" x 11". A sharp clean image. In excellent condition. unknown books
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Women Ballet China
Red Detachment of Women; The Story of the Modern Ballet
Foreign Languages Press Peking 1973. 8vo. 39pp. Colour illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations inside. The Red Detachment of Women Chinese: 红色娘å军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzÇ jÅ«n is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution. It is best known in the West as the ballet performed for U.S. President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in February 1972. In very good condition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 15503
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City Opera House
CITY OPERA HOUSE. ONE SOLID WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY MARCH 30. PRICES 10 20 AND 30c. THE RECOGNIZED LEADERS OF ALL POPULAR PRICED AMUSEMENTS. HOWARD WALL.COMEDY CO. DIRECTION OF JOHN YOUNGS. UP TO DATE IN EVERYTHING A COMPLETE NEW REPERTOIRE OF PLAYS OF ABSORBING INTEREST. A THOROUGH COMPETENT COMPANY IN EVERY RESPECT INCLUDING THE TALENTED CHILD ACTOR MASTER RALPH AND THE TALENTED COMEDIENNE .EDULLA. ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES NEW SPECIALTIES NEW SONGS. WE AIM TO PLEASE AND ALWAYS HIT. OUR REPERTOIRE UNSURPASSED IN ALL THAT APPEALS TO POPULAR TASTE EMODYING THE BEST ELEMENTS OF COMEDY AND PATHOS.A STAR CAST: ROBERT GAILLARD WILLIAM CORBETT FRANK MONROE F.A. RUSSELL JOHN YOUNGS H.B. MULLANEY SCOTT RAYMONG EUGENE O'BRIEN GEORGE MURPHY R.B. WILEY.EDUELLA.ISABELLE FLETCHER LOUISE WEBBER LILLIAN ADAMS MASTER RALPH.
np 1880. Broadsheet 5.75" x 17.5" pink paper light wear. Very Good. unknown books
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Opera Chaliapin Feodor. 1873a1938
Hand-Colored Russian Postcard as Mephistopheles
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An evocative image dated 1904 and signed lower right in an unknown hand not Chaliapin!. Fine. Approx 9 x 14 cm. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 12406
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Ballet Arthur H. editor
Playwrights for Tomorrow; A Collection of Plays Volume 8
Minneapolis: University of MInnesota 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publishers original cltoh over boards spine stamped in black. With three plays by Yale M. Udoff Allen Joseph William N. Monson. <br/><br/> University of MInnesota hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9020545 ISBN : 0816606501 9780816606504
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Ballet Arthur H. editor
Playwrights for Tomorrow; A Collection of Plays Volume 9
Minneapolis: University of MInnesota 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publishers original cltoh over boards spine stamped in black. With four plays by David Korr Gladden Schrock Don Keith Opper Joel Schwartz. Spine of dust jacket is sunned else fine. Advance comp copy with publisher's promotional materials laid in. <br/><br/> University of MInnesota hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9020546 ISBN : 0816606536 9780816606535
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Music / Opera. Stevens Rise b . 1913
PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPH
New York City: Metropolitan Opera Co. INSCRIBED by Ms Stevens. Faint dimple in lower left corner. Very Good. 9-7/8" x 8" <br/><br/>"One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier". Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company included the two characterizations most associated with her the title role in Bizet's "Carmen" and Dalila in Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila." Furthermore Ms Stevens is known for literally saving the entire 1961 season. After the company had canceled its entire 1961-62 schedule due to stalled labor negotiations a persuasive telegram from Rise Stevens convinced President Kennedy to intervene and he ordered the Secretary of Labor to arbitrate the dispute. Just three weeks later the entire season was reinstated on schedule demonstrating notables such as President Kennedy were not immune to the entreaties of the Met's attractive reigning mezzo-soprano. A great beauty as well as a great singer she also enjoyed one of the more successful careers of the many opera singers who made films most notably in "The Chocolate Soldier" opposite Nelson Eddy and "Going My Way" with Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald. She was also something of a fixture on early TV appearing frequently on such programs as "The Bell Telephone Hour" & "The Voice of Firestone" where she sang both operatic arias & popular songs. She also appeared on one of the first telecasts from the Met in 1954 singing her favored role of Carmen opposite one of her most frequent Don Joses Richard Tucker." IMDb. Metropolitan Opera Co unknown books
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Balet Ruso Original Col. W. de Basil Director General Original Ballet Russe
Three playbills for performances in Cuba March-April 1941
Havana Cuba: Imp. "Marti" 1941. Octavos 23 à 15.5 cm. Single folded leaves printed to rectos and versos; 4 pp. each. Very good. Three programs for performances in Cuba of the Original Ballet Russe a ballet company established in 1932 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as successor to Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes founded in 1909. A disagreement between De Basil and Blum resulted in the company's split in 1936. De Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" retained such famous dancers as Riabouchinska David Lichine and Roman Jasinski and traveled extensively throughout Europe and America. In March 1941 the company arrived in Havana where it was enthusiastically met but the season was marred by a labor strike and the De Basil's inability to adequately pay the company. As a result many dancers lingered in the Cuban capital for months and were forced to take on other jobs including appearances in nightclubs to survive. The season included works such as Fokine's "Les Sylphides" "Paganini" "Prince Igor" "Petrouchka" "Sheherazade" and Massine's "Symphonie Fantastique" "Les Presages" and "Le Beau Danube.". unknown books
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Italy. Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro
I Concorsi Nazionali per l'Ammobiliamento e l'Arredamento Economico della Casa Popolare
90 pp. compendium of essays texts lists of producers and designers lists of works with prices and other material pertaining to a national competition intended to spur new designs for furniture a wide array of functional and decorative objects and interior decor for middle class homes in Italy between the wars approx. 65 photographic illustrations on plates showing objects 6 pp. of advertisements in rear. 8vo. Orig. dec. wrpps. top of spine chipped. Rome 1928. Bollettino Ufficiale dell' Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro 11/12. All of the material was exhibited at the Esposizione Nazionale in Rome. As of June 2015 WorldCat locates only one holding in North America. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 44512
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OPERA Italian 19th Century
Bound volume containing one complete opera Pacini's Merope together with separately-issued operatic selections arranged for piano solo
Girard: Naples 1838. Oblong quarto. Contemporary quarter dark brown calf with green textured paper boards decorative dark brown leather label to upper with "Costanza Angelillo" gilt spine in decorative compartments gilt. Occasional secondary pagination.<br/><br/>Contains:<br/>Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867<br/>Merope Grand Opera . arrangé pour Piano solo. PNs 8867-8879. Ca. 1848. 1f. recto title verso blank 1 list of subscribers as of 24 December 1847 18 numbers in piano score with occasional text. Subscribers include Filippo Angelillo in all likelihood related to Costanza Angelillo owner of the volume. Merope in 3 acts to a libretto by Cammarano after Voltaire was first performed in Naples at the Teatro S Carlo on 25 November 1847.<br/><br/>Pacini<br/>Saffo . Souvenirs. Choeur de femmes. Musical manuscript. 1f. recto title on light green paper verso blank 6 pp.<br/><br/>Donizetti Gaetano 1797-1848<br/>Roberto Devereux . Représenté au théâtre Royal de St. Charles le 28 Octobre 1837 . L'opéra entier . D.2.50. . 1er -2ème cahier. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-19 i blank; 1f. recto title verso blank 18 pp. PNs 3939-3943. Ca. 1838.<br/><br/>Donizetti<br/>No. 8. Cavatine PN 6045. Ca. 1843. 6 pp. 1f. From Don Pasquale.<br/><br/>Donizetti<br/>Linda di Chamounix Nouvel opéra . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank. Cavatine O luce di quest' anima Ajoutée à Paris pour Mme. Persiani-Tacchinardi et chantée à Naples par Mme. Tadolini. 4 pp. PN 5863; No. 14 Air Final du 2ème Acte de Linda . A consolarmi affrettati Chanté par Mme. Tadolini. 8 pp. PN 5685. Ca. 1840. 2 numbers in total.<br/><br/>Donizetti<br/>Lucia di Lammermoor. No. 4. Duo chanté par Mme. Tacchinardi et par Duprez. 9-18 pp. PN 3953; Grand opéra . arrangé par piano solo. 1f. recto title verso blank 9-15 i blank pp. PN 3962. Ca. 1838. 2 numbers in total.<br/><br/>Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901<br/>I Due Foscari. No. 14 Choeur d'Introduction Allagioia. 4 pp. PN 6884; No. 2 Cavatine de Jacopo Dal più remoto esilio Chantée à Naples par Fraschini. 10 pp. PN 6875; No. 3 Choeur et Cavatine de Lucrezia Tu al cui sguardo Chantée à Naples par Mme. Bishop. 7 i blank pp. PN 6876; No. 6 Duo de Lucrezia et du Doge Tu pur lo sai Chanté à Naples par Mme. Bishop et Coletti. 9 i blank pp. PN 6879/ Ca. 1845. 4 numbers in total.<br/><br/>Verdi<br/>Ernani . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title on light blue paper within decorative border verso blank. No. 12 Suite et Stretta No vendetta. 4 pp. PN 6647; No. 14 Duo final d'Ernani et de Silva Esci a te scegli segimi. 9 i blank pp. PN 6604; No. 15. Air final de Mme. Toldi Se crudele il cor mostrai. 4 pp. PNs 4312 3222; No. 3 Cavatine tyrolienne de Mme. Toldi In questo semplice. 7 i blank pp. PNs 4302 3221. 4 numbers in total.<br/><br/>Bellini Vincenzo 1801-1835<br/>I Puritani. No. 18 Duo Il rival salvar tu dei Chanté Par Tamburini et Lablache. 12 pp. PNs 4167 2765. Ca. 1842. 1 number in total.<br/><br/>Mercadante Saverio 1795-1870<br/>l Giuramento. . arrangé pour piano solo. 1f. recto title listing the 21 numbers in the opera verso blank No. 4. Quatuor Vicino a chi si adora. 5 i blank pp. PN 4115. Ca. 1847. 1 number in total.<br/><br/>Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Occasional light foxing. A clean wide-margined copy overall. An attractively-bound collection. Naples unknown books
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ITALIAN OPERA 19th century
Bound volume of 19th century Italian operatic excerpts in piano-vocal score most Neapolitan imprints and associated with contemporary performances
Includes works of Battista 5 Donizetti 6 Mercadante 7 Pacini 1 Petrella 1 and Verdi 1. With contemporary mansucript index to front free endpaper. <br/><br/>Contents:<br/>BATTISTA Vincenzio 1823-1873<br/>Ermelinda Dramma lirico in Quattro Atti di Domenico Bolognese. Monaco: Orlando e C. after 1850.<br/>- Duetto Signor Capitano. PN 599. 19 pp. <br/>- Coro alla danza. PN 600. 14 pp. <br/>- Terzettino Febo ei vieni. PN 606. 8 pp. <br/>- No. 13. Scena e Romanza. Partenopeo. PN 12093. 4 pp. <br/><br/>Anna La Prie. Tragedia lirica di Nicola Leoncavallo. Napoli: Fabricatore e Co. ca. 1845. <br/>- Scena e cavatina Alboix. PN 105. 10 pp. <br/><br/>DONIZETTI Gaetano 1797-1848<br/>La Favorita Melodramma tragico in 4 atti Posto in musica pel Real teatro di Parigi. Napoli: Girard e Ci. ca. 1844.<br/>- Aria O mio Fernando. PN 5181. 9 pp. <br/>- Scena e Duetto Ah moio bene un Dio t'invia. PN 5185. 12 pp. <br/>- Quartettino Deh paventa il furor. PN 5197. 4 pp. <br/>- Scene e Duetto Ah va t'invo la e questa. PN 5184. 13 pp. <br/><br/>Maria di Rohan Melodramma tragico in tre atti di S. Cammarano . Riduzione per Canto con accompo. di Pianoforte di C. Czerny. Milano: Giovanni Ricordi 1843<br/>- N: 14. Scena e Freghier . No osoalzarcilumi! PN 14914HH. 6 pp. <br/>- Scena e Ballata . Cavalieri che veggio. Napoli: F. Fabricatore e C.; Palermo: R. Zerega. PN 146 ca. 1845. 7 pp. <br/><br/>MERCADANTE Saverio 1795-1870<br/>Violetta Opera semiseria in 4 Atti . Rappresentata per la prima volta nel Teatro Nuovo di Napoli li 10 Gennajo 1853. Napoli: Partenopeo ca. 1856-60. <br/>- No. 22. Rondo Finale. PN 10756. 10 pp. <br/><br/>Virginia Tragedia Lirica in tre atti di S. Cammarano . Rappresenta per la prima volta nel R. Teatro S. Carlo di Napoli il 7 Apr. 1866. Napoli: T. Cottrau ca. 1866.<br/>- No. 10. Preghiera di Virginia. PN 14610. 4 pp. <br/>- No. 14. Terzetto di Virginia Appio ed Icilio. PN 14614. 8 pp. <br/><br/>Stratira opera tragica in tre Atti. Esuguita nel R. Teatro di S. Carlo li 8 Gennajo 1853. Poesie di Domenico Bolognese. Napoli: Partenopea ca. 1866. <br/>- No. 3. Scena e cavatina Cassandro. PN 10757. 15 pp. <br/>- No. 14. Romanza Cassandro. PN 10758. 4 pp. <br/><br/>Orazi e Curiaze Tragedia lirica in 3 atti di S. Cammarano. Posta in musica per il Teatro di S. Carlo ov'é stata rappresentata á 10 Novembre 1846. Napoli: Girard ca. 1846<br/>- No. 2. Scena Romanza e Cavatina. PN 7555. 14 pp. <br/>- No. 13. Scena Preghiera ed Aria Finale. PNs 7565 7560 7567. 13 pp. Later issue of ca. 1856-60. <br/><br/>PACINI Giovanni 1796-1867<br/>Malvina di Scozia. Opera in 3 acts<br/>Grande Scena Preghiera ed aria. L'orror mi rese immobile. Napoli: Fabricatore e C. PN 725 ca. 1852. 19 pp. <br/><br/>PETRELLA Errico 1813-1877<br/>Elena di Tolosa. Melodramma in tre Atti. Eseguito nel R. Teatro del Fondo li 112 Agosto 1852. Poesia di Domenico Bolognese. Napoli: Successori della Ditta Girard ca. 1852. <br/>- No. 6. Duetto. Dembra mesta! . male! male! PN 10466. 14 pp. <br/><br/>VERDI Giuseppe 1813-1901<br/>Rigoletto. Melodramma di F.M. Piave. Milano: Giovanni Ricordi after 1852<br/>- No. 9. Scena ed Aria "Coro nome che'il mio cor." PN N23079N. 7 i list of publisher's plate numbers for excerpts of piano-vocal piano 2-hands and piano 4-hands pieces pp. <br/><br/>Oblong folio. 19th century black leather-backed boards. <br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn and abraided; joints split. Occasional minor wear and soiling; some small tears. In very good condition overall. An interesting collection of scarce mostly Neapolitan imprints in all likelihood associated with contemporary performances. unknown books
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OPERA 19th Century Italian Teatro San Carlo
Veduta del Teatro de S. Carlo di Napoli
Firenze n.d. Hand-coloured engraving of the exterior of the Teatro San Carlo. 235 x 305 mm. A 20th century re-impression of the 19th century original with "Correction du dessin et imprimé par l'Editrice PV 200" printed to corners just below image. Matted framed and glazed. <br/><br/>From the collection of Marilyn Horne b. 1934. A distinguished American mezzo-soprano "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
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BALLET 20th Century RAYNER Henry 1902 1957
Drypoint etching of a ballet dancer
1940. Image size 200 x 174 mm. sheet size 284 x 217 mm. Signed in the stone "H. Rayner" and with monogram; also signed in pencil below platemark at lower right with "copyright 1940" in pencil to lower right margin. Printed in olive green-toned ink on wove paper. An Australian artist who studied and worked in Britain Rayner was a student of Walter Sickert at the Royal Academy and a friend of Augustus John. <br/><br/>"Henry Rayner's single-minded devotion to the drypoint technique created what is almost certainly the largest body of drypoint work of any mid-20th century artist. Rayner typically took 15 or fewer impressions from each plate. It has taken nearly 70 years for Henry Rayner's drypoint work to begin attracting serious interest among collectors." Roger Stanton hewitthenryrayner.co.uk. unknown books
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BALLET 20th Century RAYNER Henry 1902 1957
Drypoint etching of a ballet dancer
1940. Image size 175 x 135 mm. sheet size 279 x 216 mm. Signed in the stone "H. Rayner"; also signed in pencil below platemark at lower right. With "Ballet" and "copyright" in pencil to lower margin. Printed in olive green-toned ink on wove paper. <br/><br/>Very slightly worn; minor foxing to blank margins. An Australian artist who studied and worked in Britain Rayner was a student of Walter Sickert at the Royal Academy and a friend of Augustus John. <br/><br/>"Henry Rayner's single-minded devotion to the drypoint technique created what is almost certainly the largest body of drypoint work of any mid-20th century artist. Rayner typically took 15 or fewer impressions from each plate. It has taken nearly 70 years for Henry Rayner's drypoint work to begin attracting serious interest among collectors." Roger Stanton hewitthenryrayner.co.uk. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29684
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Robert Joffrey Ballet
Robert Joffrey Ballet 1956-1964 Program for 1965
New York NY: Robert Joffrey Ballet Company 1965. First Edition. Comb. Good. First Edition. 56 pages plus covers. Variously paginated. Illustrated with half tones. White comb binding. Minor staining and creasing. Spine comb is broken in several places. Still sound. Comb. What we take to be the 1964-1965 program for the Robert Joffrey Ballet. With detailed information on the previous few years activities a full page advertisement for the 1964-65 school year noting the faculty members and Joffrey's association with the American Ballet Center in NYC. While the production values are very basic the piece could have been used for fundraising prospective students and anyone interested in the Joffrey Ballet. Scarce with no copies available that we could find as of this listing. [ Robert Joffrey Ballet Company ] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27407
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Ballet Russe in America
Serge De Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. Souvenir
New York: Metropolitan Ballet Company 1916. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst one doublepage eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. String-sewn into stiff printed gilt embossed wrappers including original advert tipped to inside rear cover. Covers at bit ragged at edges lower corner of front wrapper missing. Very good. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst one doublepage eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. A fragile souvenir of the first United States tour in 1916 of Diaghileff's now legendary Ballet Russe. Metropolitan Ballet Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 301509
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Opera Berchoux J.
La Danse ou La Guerre des Dieux de l'Opera
Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1808. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary blue morocco-backed boards maroon morocco label. Some rubbing some light spotting and soiling primarily margina else very good. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. A poem written in praise to the two male dancers Vestris and Duport. Chez Giguet et Michaud unknown books
Bookseller reference : 31530
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Colorado Opera
Souvenir programme: Tabor Grand Opera House. 1500th Night. Denver Colo. April 24 1886. Featuring "The Original and World Famous Hanlons Who will appear in their Latest Eastern Success The Grand Spectacular Illusion Fantasma! Introducing the Popular Favorites Miss Kate Davis Mr. Alex Zanfretta Prince of Pierrots and Little Aimee
Denver: Denver Lith. Co 1886. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. One inch tear in card at fold silk spotted with creases and very small holes. 1 vols. 10 in x 7 in lithographed card with printed silk cover overlay. Denver Lith. Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 55097
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Opera Flagstad Kirsten
Photograph of the opera star inscribed "Sincerely / Kirsten Flagstad
1930. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Fine condition. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Inscribed Photograph of Kirsten Flagstad. An attractive image showing the great Wagnerian soprano in street clothes seated. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14443
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English Comic Opera Dudley H. Bate librettist
The Travellers in Switzerland. A Comic Opera. . . bound with: PEARCE William librettist. Hartford Bridge: or The Skirts of he Camp . an Operatic Farce. Lacks half-title. bound with: CUMBERLAND Richard The Box-Lobby Challenge a Comedy . 1794 bound with: CROSS J.C. The Purse; or Benevolent Tar: A Musical Drama. Second edition
London: Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett 1794. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Upper cover detached. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett unknown books
Bookseller reference : 215352
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Opera
La Morte di Cleopatra Tragedia per Musica da Rappresentarsi Nell'Apertura del Nuovo Teatro Italiano. Dedicata a Sua Maesta Imperiale Alessandro I. Imperatore di Tutti le Russie
San. Petroburgo 1802. 6 60 1 pp. Title; Dedication leaf signed in type Antonio Cassasi; List of Characters with Members of the Orchestra on verso; Libretto. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed boards rebacked original spine laid down. Ink stamp of Tsarsko-Selo Library. About fine. 6 60 1 pp. Title; Dedication leaf signed in type Antonio Cassasi; List of Characters with Members of the Orchestra on verso; Libretto. 1 vols. 8vo. Italian Opera in St. Petersburg. Not in OCLC unknown books
Bookseller reference : 43922
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Low's Grand Opera House
Low's Grand Opera House Providence R.I. Programme of the first dramatic entertainment given under the auspices of the Brownson Lyceum Wednesday ev'ng Jan. 31 1883. The Colleen Bawn . Manager P. J. McCarthy
Providence 1883. Folio broadside approx. 13" x 5¾" text in a single column beneath the running head; light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish drama in three acts made for the benefit of the Brownson Lyceum as well as a synopsis of each of the three acts and seat prices. The Irish poet Oscar Wilde had lectured at Low's the preceding September. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56458
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Low's Grand Opera House
One week commencing Monday Feb. 14 Wednesday and Saturday matinee. Donnybrook. A romantic musical comedy in four acts written expressly for M. Tony Hart the inimitable Irish comedian vocalist and dancer
N.p. Providence 1887. Folio broadside approx. 12" x 4¾" text in a single column beneath the running head light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish comedy in four acts a summary of which is appended as well as a list of the Providence Opera House Orchestra and an announcement of two matinees Atkinson's Aphrodite and Peck's Bad Boy. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56496
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Ballet Coton A. V. Kurt Jooss
The New Ballet Kurt Jooss and his work
London: Dennis Dobson 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 156 pp. With attractive color plates. A very good copy in clipped but otherwise very good dustwrapper. Dennis Dobson hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29597
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MILLINGTON Barry editor
Wagner Compendium: A Guide to Wagner's Life and Music
NY:: Schirmer Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0028713591 . First American printing. Phone number on front paste-down else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Schirmer Books, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 40958 ISBN : 0028713591 9780028713595
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Ballet Theatre Foundation.
The Ballet Theatre: Fifteenth Season 1953-1954.
New York. : Ballet Theatre Foundation. 1954. . Stapled wrap. Very light soiling and light wear to covers otherwise a very good copy. . 4to. Signed by Igor Youskevich Alicia Alonso John Kriza Melissa Hayden Roy Fitzell and Job Sanders on their respective photographs. Program for 1954 series at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House laid in. Numerous photographs of the performers. Ballet Theatre Foundation. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 231274
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Dance: Ballet
Original Poster for the Harkness Ballet
1966. Very good. Poster measuring 14" x 18.25" approx. mounted on stiff card likely contemporaneous with original printing likely for lobby or similar display. Possibly trimmed at lower edge; we've seen versions with venue info below. Printed offset in black and blue. Vertical creases from folding. Corners bumped. Very minor toning. Toning and tape at verso. <br/><br/>Poster advertising the Harkness Ballet a company founded by Standard Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness in 1964. From early in the company's history with George Skibine as artistic director. The Harness Ballet performed primarily in Europe before opening its own theater in New York with a company including Alvin Ailey and other avant-garde choreographers. A scarce piece of ephemera from this important troupe. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 16810
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Ballet Russe
S. Hurok presents Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Leonide Massine Artistic Director Efrem Kurtz Musical Director. Season 1939-1940
New York: Hurok Attractions 1940. Paperback. Good. color frontis photos some color 68p. Softrcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Some cover wear and scuffing. Contents sound and clean. <br/><br/> Hurok Attractions paperback books
Bookseller reference : 91600
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Centennial Concert Opera House Lebanon Ohio
1802-1902. PROGRAMME OF THE CENTENNIAL CONCERT GIVEN AT OPERA HOUSE LEBANON OHIO THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH 1902.
Lebanon Ohio: Patriot Print. Very Good. 1902. Softcover. This program is soft-bound in tan wrappers with gilt printing to the upper cover. The covers show light toning and wear to the edges. The white ribbon binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This item is scarce in the trade. . Patriot Print. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 76699
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ephemera; Milanese opera; Costa Gastone
Material related to performances in Milan of Gastone Costa's "Piccolo Harem" starring Tatiana Pavlova
Milan 1927. Ephemera. Very Good. Broadside advertisements for the performance of "Piccolo Harem" at Teatro Manzoni 4 large printed in color; 7 handwritten letters by Costa 5 of them signed with content related to the drama; 78-pp. typescript of the play in French "Petit Harem" signed by Costa; and 7 contemporary newspapers containing reviews. Condition is VG or better. The broadsides are particularly striking -- some flattened creases from folding but boldly designed and colors remain bright would display nicely. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : D12058
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OPERA DON GIOVANNI MOZART Wolfgang Amadeus 1756 1791
Don Giovanni. Vocal score. German & Italian. Don Juan : Oper in zwey Aufzügen von W.A. Mozart. Nebst einem Anhang von später eingelegten Stücken. Klavierauszug von A.E. Müller.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio 330 x 240mm. 184 pages. Complete vocal score. Notated music. Added engraved title page: Il dissoluto punito; osia Il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due Atti posto in Musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ridotto per il Pianoforte da A.E. Müller with vignette of Don Giovanni scene by Fr. Bolt after Kininger Pr. 4 Rthlr. Italian-German text. Richly bound in crushed green morocco handsomely gilt with device of lyre and central lozenge on front and rear covers spine done in the same and lettered in gilt Don Juan Mozart speckled edges; toned and only lightly foxed few pages margins lightly torn or with paper repairs not frequent good with all with engraved music otherwise. <br/><br/>1818 Leipzig printing for the vocal score of Mozarts famous opera Don Giovanni. Italian librettos were translated into German owing to the growing popularity of opera in Germany during the last decade of the 18th century; contemporary to Mozarts death in 1791. Mozart immediately accepted at least the title under which on of his works would become known in the German-speaking countries: writing home on 3 October 1790 he reported on Tuesday the theatrical company of the elector of Mainz are performing my Don Juan. German communities variously received Mozarts operas; the battle between the aristocratic and bourgeois audiences raged to and fro. When Don Juan played for the first time in the Frankfurt theater it was deemed suitable for the general public but not for its educated section. Yet the critics could all concede of Mozarts popularity and that the subject matter turned the heads of the public. This fine well-preserved dual text is an early and complete keyboard transcription of the opera. It gives Lorenzo da Ponte's original Italian with the German translation by Schröder underneath. Excellent piece of music history and staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Breitkopf & Härtel hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D7301
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Opera Auden W. H. and Chester Kallman
The Magic Flute
New York: Random House 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good . 8vo. A new English translation of the libretto of Mozart's famous opera. Illustrated by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. 108 pp. A handsome copy in decorated boards with cloth spine in equally handsome unclipped dustwrapper. Just lightly rubbed on rear panel. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 19477
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Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo
Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo 1947-1948 Season Program
New York: Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo 1947. Sergei Denham director. Cover art by Jean de Botton. Near Fine wrappers lightly rubbed. Laid in is performance program dated Jan. 16 1948 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance at Page Auditorium Duke University. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 005156
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1925 LON CHANEY FILM
The Making of The Phantom of the Opera Including The Original 1925 Shooting Script - By Philip J. Riley - Foreword by Mary Philbin - Preface by Ray Bradbury
Absecon: MagicImage 1999. First Edition First Printing. Laid in is an Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Philbin co-star with Lon Chaney Sr. in the classic film written to the book’s author Philip J. Riley. Dated September 11 1989 Philbin writes: “Dear Mr Riley: I am sorry about the delay in returning the book and papers. I would appreciate eleven complimentary copies of The Phantom of the Opera book or if you cannot then as many as possible. Thank you Mary Philbinâ€. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed envelope from Philbin’s home in Los Angeles. Philbin died before the book was published so this is as close as one can come to a signed copy. Large 317 page paperbound book. Profusely illustrated. Near fine copy enclosed in a handsome morocco leather and cloth clamshell box. MagicImage hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 14955J
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Opera Anderson Marian. 1897 1993 & Bjorling Jussi. 1911 1960 & Pinza Ezio. 1892 1957 & Tagliavini Ferruccio. 1913 1995 & W
Large Album of Autographs Collected at the Metropolitan Opera 1940's
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A large and beautifully composed album with 26 pages of autographs of opera singers conductors and other musicians including Marian Anderson Salvatore Baccaloni and Jussi Björling collected in the late 1940's at the Metropolitan Opera. Each page has been carefully arranged with the name of the artist printed in white on black paper a clipped signature a clipped portrait and in many cases a Polaroid of the artist on the evening of the performance. Many of the signatures are dated and the roles played are indicated. Unfortunately several of the signatures have been traced over in pen see below. Included are 10 further loose clipped signatures two further clipped portraits 4 excellent candid Polaroids of stars and a concert program. In a large embossed cream faux-leather photograph album bound with a cord in very fine condition. A lovely record of some of the most important opera performers of the mid-twentieth century. 15 x 11.5 inches 38.2 x 29 cm.<br>The mounted autographs are from:<br>Marian Anderson mezzo sopranoSalvatore Baccaloni bassJussi Björling tenorEmil Cooper conductorCloe Elmo contraltoEdward Johnson General Manager Metropolitan OperaLeonard Warren baritoneRudolf Firkusny pianist tracedVictor DeSabata conductor Chicago Symphony OrchestraAntal Dorati conductorPercy Grainger pianist-composer tracedMack Harrell baritone tracedJerome Hines bassFelix Knight tenorRichard Tucker tenor tracedCharles Kullman tenorRobert Merrill baritoneJames Melton tenorNicola Moscona bass tracedJan Peerce tenorEzio Pinza bassRegina Resnik soprano tracedEleanor Steber soprano tracedFerruccio Tagliavini tenorItalo Tajo bassGiuseppe Valdengo baritoneRamon Vinay tenorPia Tassinari soprano<br>Further loose signatures include:<br>Leonard Warren baritoneMarimi del Pozo sopranoItalo Tajo bass hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 13467
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Moreton John retold by; Tinkelman Murray illustrated by; Prokifiev Sergei based on the opera by;
The Love for Three Oranges
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1966. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 61; G/Fair; white/green pictorial spine with purple and red text; dust jacket has some age toning toward edges; few chips to corners; price clipped front flap; cloth has mild wear to exterior; light rubbing to edges; sturdy boards; text block has slight shelf wear to exterior edges; previous owner's name to ffep; profusely illustrated; interior lightly toned;. 1324481. FP New Rockville Stock. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1324481
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Central City Opera.
Theatre of Dreams: The Glorious Central City Opera.
Central City Opera House Association 2007. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color photos. Central City Opera House Association, 2007. First edition, first printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 193846
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Central City Opera.
Theatre of Dreams: The Glorious Central City Opera.
Central City Opera House Association 2007. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color photos. Central City Opera House Association, 2007. First edition, first printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 155615
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Modern Opera Ashley Robert
Atalanta Acts of God Inscribed
Santa Fe: Burning Books 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Stated first edition. Three operas Max Willard and Bud by the widely acknowledged greatest opera composer of the last half-century. 207 pp. Afterword by Ashley as well. A fine seemingly unread copy in fine dustwrapper. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Ashley to the late poet C. D. Wright. Ashley's signature is most uncommon. Burning Books hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 24295
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Sotheby & Co. Australia: Sydney Opera House Nov. 19 1973
Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings From the Studio of Sir William Dobell
1973. Softcover. VG. Green wraps. 156 pp. 126 bw plates. Five-page introduction by James Gleeson catalogue of 126 annotated works each illustrated by a fine plate. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11340
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