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1982réf. 580970Boston: Little Brown and Company 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 203pp. Illustrated with plates. Blue cloth gilt in clothcovered slipcase as issued. Spine modestly sunned and a bit of light spotting on the rear board near fine in just about fine slipcase with a bit of light tanning. One of 1000 numbered and signed copies apparently different copies were signed by different members of the opera company. This copy Signed by Rise Stevens and another person. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1931réf. 468139New York: Harms 1931. Softcover. Good. Sheet music 8686-7. Quarto wrappers. 10pp. Spine starting to split crease on front wrapper faint dampstain in gutters good only. "Heywood Broun in association with Milton Raison Presents Shoot the Works. Harms unknown books
1931réf. 468145New York: Robbins Music Corporation 1931. Softcover. Very Good. Sheet music SH 827-3. Quarto wrappers. 6pp. Corners creased very good. Ukulele arrangement by May Singhi Breen banjo. Robbins Music Corporation unknown books
1932réf. 468167New York: Harms 1932. Softcover. Very Good. Sheet music 8815-3. Ukulele arrangement by S.M. Zoltai. Cover art by Harris. Pictorial wrappers. Quarto. 6pp. Short tear on top edge of page three light edgewear near fine. Score for piano banjo and ukulele. Harms unknown books
1961réf. 446018New York: G. Schirmer Inc 1961. Softcover. Fine. First English translation edition. 24pp. Text in English and Italian. Fine in stapled wrappers. G. Schirmer, Inc unknown books
2002réf. 354309New York: Theia Press / Hyperion 2002. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 152pp. Fine but for a small bump at the bottom of the spine. A play. Theia Press / Hyperion unknown books
1954réf. 144698N.p.: N.p. 1954. Original borderless photograph of director Jean Renoir and actors Henri Vidal and Jean-Pierre Aumont on the set of the 1954 theatre production. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso. Staged for a single showing in the Roman Arena in Arles on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the foundation of the city by Julius Caesar. 11 x 8 inches Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1962réf. 32810Chicago: Science Research Associates / SRA Pilot Library 1962. Very Good. Chicago: Science Research Associates / SRA Pilot Library 1962. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; publisher's pictorial staple bound card wrappers; 31pp.; two-toned illus. throughout. Moderate wear to wrapper margins scattered Pilot Library rubberstamps throughout else Very Good internally clean and sound. Young Reader adaptation of a chapter on the formation of islands from Carson's 1951 classic The Sea Around Us. Three holdings located in OCLC as of May 2025 though one of them is . Science Research Associates / SRA Pilot Library unknown books
réf. 009654Berkeley: Flying Fish Press 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth in Accordion-fold. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number 20 of a limited edition of 45 copies SIGNED BY ARTIST at colophon page. The first bookwork by Julie Chen letterpress printed and illustrated with linoleum reduction block prints; binding is double accordion-fold in blue cloth-covered paper case using a non-adhesive structure with the narrative reading from front to back of the left-hand opening and then from the back to the front of the right-hand opening. The artwork of the block prints mirrors the flow of the text continuing from the edge of one page and opening onto the next in a lovely lyrical fashion. Fine as issued. RARE OCLC notes 14 institutional holdings of the 45 copies printed and no copies found in auction records at RareBookHub. Flying Fish Press Hardcover books
1948réf. 140733Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1948. Vintage double weight still photograph from the 1948 film. Photographer's rubber stamp and mimeograph snipe to the verso. Featuring an image of Lee J. Cobb and William Holden at a chess board. A psychopathic killer takes a young psychoanalyst and his family hostage never expecting that the psychoanalyst would cure him of his murderous urges. 8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Grant US. Selby US Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1924réf. 50London: Chatto & Windus 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1974réf. 907Paris: Théâtre de la Ville 1974. 1152 pp. mimeographed leaves printed recto only. In French. Original cloth-tape-backed printed cloth over card covers. Signed by Arthur Miller on the title page. Cloth backing worn with two-inch split at head of front cover covers moderately soiled inch-long pen mark on title page. Good to very good. French script adaptation of Arthur Miller's 1972 play THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND OTHER BUSINESS by Jean Mercure 1909-1998 who directed it at the Théâtre de la Ville in 1974. Avant Scène published a trade edition of the script in the same year. OCLC locates no copies of the present version. Théâtre de la Ville paperback books
1917réf. 2326264New York: G. Ricordi & Co 1917. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers lightly soiled. 1917 Stapled Binding. 51 pp. "La boheme is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on Scenes de la vie de boheme by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La boheme was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio and conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. Since then La boheme has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. According to Opera America it is the second most frequently performed opera in the United States just behind another Puccini opera Madama Butterfly. G. Ricordi & Co unknown books
1915réf. 90590New York London Boston: G. Schirmer 1915. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation no later printing information. Paperback. Very Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31cm. Vover illustration scuffed with some crease marks. Backstrip chipped at bottom and appears to have been reglued for four or five centimeters above above the chipping. Tape mark next to bottom of backstrip on both sides. Contents sound and clean. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found chamged tastes when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He did successfully translate the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority but both are quite uncommon. G. Schirmer paperback books
1915réf. 91341New York London Boston: G. Schirmer 1915. Apparent 1st ed. with Johnson translation no later printing information. Paperback. Good. 165p. Softcover in original wrapper. Illustration mounted on front. 31 cm. Ends of backstrip chipped as are lower corners of front cover. Minor creasing and corner wear. Hard to decipher circular rubber stamp on lower corner of front cover. "Distribuidores exclusivos para Colombia Casa Musical Humberto Conti Bogota .". stamped in black at bottom of title-page. Johnson had great success as a lyricist early in the century but found that tastes had changed when he attempted a return to song-writing in 1914. He translated the libretto for this opera which the Metropolitan Opera performed in 1916. Granados the Spanish Romantic composer of the piano pieces from which this opera was adapted attended the premiere but drowned in the English channel upon his return to Europe when a German submarine torpedoed the boat on which Granados was travelling. The libretto appears throughout the music in this edition with Granados's Spanish text immediately above Johnson's English translation. The libretto was also published separately by Schirmer in 1915 as a smaller-format 42-page pamphlet in their series of opera-librettos with Granados's Spanish text and Johnson's English translation appearing side by side in separate columns. We don't know whether either version has publishing priority but both are quite uncommon. G. Schirmer paperback books
1989réf. 55881San Diego New York London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Quarto. vii 39 1pp. Original tan half-cloth over cream paper-covered boards with red lettering on cover and spine in original color-illustrated dustjacket with re white green and black lettering on cover and spine. Red endpapers. Color frontispiece. Title page printed in red green and black. Signed Barry Moser on title page. Beautifully illustrate by Barry Moser throughout with score and lyrics of "Home" a song by Van Dyke Parks with lyrics by Terry Gilkyson on last page. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1726réf. 54196Berlenburg: n.p. 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes bound in four folio published between 1726 and 1742. All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces. Vol. 1 engraved frontispiece often not present here precedes vol. 7; appropriate engraved title leaves have been supplied from another German bible edition and inserted in vols. 1 3 4 and 5. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards ruled in blind; spines with raised bands gilt morocco lettering pieces paper labels; marbled edges. Catches and clasps perished. Slight remains of paper labels. One volume with vertical crack through center of upper board else covers sound worn at extremities especially spine ends. Text with variable mild embrowning and light foxing occasional mild dampstains but overall clean. A good set complete and sturdily bound. Vol. 1 1726: 12 804 pp. - Vol. 2 1728: 8 880 pp. - Vol. 3 1730: 8; 784 pp. - Vol. 4 1732: 6 858 pp. - Vol. 5 1735: 8 820 pp. - Vol. 6 1737: 8 792 - Vol. 7 1739: 8 600 pp. - Vol. 8 1742: 4 556 44 index pp. with letterpress half-title: Der Berlenburgischen Bible Achter und Letzter Theil. First edition of this rigorous revision of Luther's version in the spirit of mystical Pietism edited by Johann Heinrich Haug d. 1753 and other scholars as is reflected in the main title: Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen Gottes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Underlying everything is an explanation that reveals the inner state of the spiritual life or the ways and effects of God in in souls for their purification enlightenment and union with Him. A theologian and orientalist Haug was expelled from Strasburg for holding an assembly of Philadelphians and other mystic Separatists. He fled to the castle of Casimir Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berlenburg which had become a refuge for radical pietiests. Remaining there until his death Haug directed a Philadelphian organization that extended throughout western Germany. "He is said to have been a man of great piety and charming personality and was regarded by Count Casimer as a prophet of God" Schaff-Herzog. "The new spirit of mystical Pietism. was fully revealed in the Marburg Bible 1712. The interpretation of type and prophecy in this follows the federal theology of Cocceius that of Canticles and Revelation Madame Guyon. It was the forerunner of a larger work in the same spirit the Berleburg Bible of 1726-42. projected and prepared chiefly by Johann Heinrich Haug. The text is a revision of Luther's with comparison of the English and French versions; the commentary reflects the views of the Philadelphian communities and quotes the mystical books current among them especially Madame Guyon's but its teaching goes back beyond Dippel and Petersen to Jakob Böhme or even to Origen in some points. It lacks unity of belief and of treatment; it is the work not of a single mystic giving voice to his inner convictions but of a propagandist sect with radical tendencies. It is not without value however from different points of view; it edifies by its continual application of Scriptural works to the spiritual life and it prepares the way for historical criticism by an appendix vol. 8 containing apocrypha Old and New Testament pseudepigrapha and postapostolic writings." Schaff-Herzog. Christopher Sauer the agent for the sale of the Berlenburg Bible in the United States used the text as a model for the first German-American Bible 1743. Provenance: Bookplates of United Brethren Historical Society Dayton Ohio. D&M 4239. Jackson S. M. ed. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1908 vol. 2 p. 157; vol. 5 p. 170. Main title and imprint vol. 1: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments nach dem Grund-Text aufs neue übersehen und übersetzet: Nebst Einiger Erklärung des buchstäblichen Sinnes Wie auch der fürnehmsten Fürbildern und Weissagungen von Christo und seinem Reich und zugleich Einigen Lehren die auf den Zustand der Kirchen in unseren letzten Zeiten gerichtet sind; Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen GOttes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Gedruckt zu Berlenburg im Jahr unsers Erlösers und Ursprungs der heiligen Schrifft JEsu Christi. [n.p.] hardcover books
1827réf. 54126Philadelphia: J. G. Ritter 1827. Hardcover. Good. Two parts thick octavo. VIII 1096; 328. Old Testament and Apocrypha paginated continuously; collective title page; New Testament with separate full title page. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf rubbed; spine with raised bands gilt title. Wear at spine cap some loss 3/4 inch at spine tail. Light dampstain at bottom margin; mild foxing throughout somewhat heavier at final 50 leaves. A good complete copy. Rare early nineteenth-century edition of the Bible in Luther's German translation published in Pennsylvania. Apart from the 1828 New Testament very few copies of any of the Luther Bible editions published by Johann Georg Ritter 1772-1840 at Philadelphia between 1826 and 1829 survive. In his 1893 pioneering work The First Century of German Printing in America Oswald Seidensticker locates no complete Luther Bibles and only two editions of the New Testament which were published by Ritter in 1826 304 pages and 1828 541 pages. These were of course often bound with the Old Testament along with their full title-page. The 1828 New Testament is the only portion of Ritter's biblical editions that is widely held in institutional libraries. Expanding upon the work of Seidensticker the editors of The first Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America 1989 assign only four Luther Bible editions Old and New Testaments bound together to Ritter one in 1827 and three in 1829. OCLC however locates Luther Bible editions published by Ritter in all four years between 1826 and 1829. A careful comparison of the paginations reveals that Ritter's Luther Bibles appeared in several variants. The 1827 edition was re-issued in 1829 as a "Zweyte Auflage" with 20 additional pages of preparatory material immediately preceding the Old Testament. Variants of the present edition also appeared in which the Apocrypha 160 pages was separately paginated. Some surviving copies lack the Apocrypha and only contain the 936 pages of the Old Testament. Our careful review of OCLC locates only sixteen surviving copies of Ritter's Luther Bibles containing both the Old and New Testaments published between 1826 and 1829. Twenty-four copies of the separately bound 1828 New Testament have survived as well. The only two copies of our 1827 edition have been located: the University of Waterloo and the Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek. The results of our census are appended below. Johann Georg Ritter appears to have begun his career in Reading Pennsylvania where he printed two German-language works for the firm of William M'Carty and Davis in Philadelphia: Geschichte des americanischen Kriegs von 1812 1817; Hoch-Deutsches reformirtes A B C-und Namen-Büchlein für Kinder welche anfangen zu lernen 1818. He later moved to Philadelphia and set up his own shop Der Deutsche-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung. Sammlung religiöser deutscher Gesaenge which he edited along with J. G. Schmauk was published in 1824 and has been tentatively attributed to Ritter after his move to Philadelphia; Karl Rudolph Demme's Letzte ehre des Christlichen Predigers in einer Christlichen Gemeine Philadelphia 1825 is the earliest work to appear under his imprint. He catered chiefly to the German-speaking Reformed community with religious works sermons and elementary school texts. He briefly published in 1825 a periodical edited by Johann Carl Gossler Philadelphier Magazin für Freunde der deutschen Literatur in Amerika. Provenance: Stamp of Library of United Theological Seminary at title. Full title and imprint: Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments auch der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers. Mit stehenden Lettern. Philadelphia in der Deutsch-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung von J. G. Ritter 1827. New Testament title: Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi verteutscht von Dr. Martin Luther. Mit stehender Schrift. Philadelphia in der Deutsche-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung von J. G. Ritter 1827. Refences: O. Seidensticker The First Century of German printing in America 1728-1830 Philadelphia 1893; Bötte & Tannhof The First Century of German Language printing in the United States of America vol. 2 1808 - 1830 cf. nos. 2878; 3044; 3045; 3046. Not in Darlow & Moule. INVENTORY •Die Bibel oder Die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments New Testament with separate title page 1826 - xii 868 304 pages 18 cm - Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library "New Testament has special t.p.: Das Neue Testament Unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi verteutscht von D. Martin Luther." 1826 - 2 volumes in 1 19 cm - Pennsylvania State Univ; Brigham Young Univ UT "New Testament has special t.p. and separate paging." 1827 - viii 1096; 328 pages - Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek - OUR EDITION 1827 - viii 1096; 328 pages 22 cm - Univ of Waterloo Libr CA ON - OUR EDITION 1827 2 Aufl. - viii 936; 328 pages 22 cm - Baker Univ KS; American Bible Soc Libr PA "Zweyte Auflage. Mit stehenden Lettern."/ Spine title: Biblia./ The Holy Bible in German./ The New Testament has special title page and pagination: Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi./ Bound in brown leather tan end papers sprinkled red edge brass clasps missing title in gold on spine./ Text printed in verse form double column single rule down center of page. Chapter summaries in smaller type references between verses." N.B.: Our researches indicate this copy lacks Aprocrypha = 160 pages probably separately paginated as Hillsdale 1829 edition below. 1827 - viii 1557 3 462 p. - Bethel Coll Libr N Newton KS; American Antiquarian Soc Libr MA; United Theog Seminary Libr OH; Library of Virginia "The New Testament 462 p. has separate title page./ Printed in two columns./ "Die Propheten nebst den Büchern so man Apocrypha nennet verdeutscht durch D. Martin Luther."-- Page 965-1557. Shoemaker 28112; Bötte & Tannhof German printing 2878." 1828 20. Aufl. - viii 936; 328 pages 22 cm - Univ. of Virginia N.B.: Our researches indicate this copy lacks Aprocrypha = 160 pages probably separately paginated as Hillsdale copy 1829 edition below. 1828 - 1324 462 pages 23 cm - Buffalo & Erie Cnty Pub Libr Rare Books NY; Calvin Col and Theol Seminary MI "New Testament has special t.p. and separate paging." 1829 2 Aufl. - 2 20 1096 x 328 pages 23 cm 2 Aufl. - Univ of Waterloo Libr CA ON 1829 Zweyte Aufl. mit stehenden Lettern. 23 cm - viii 336 i.e. 936 160 328 pages ; 23 cm - Hillsdale Coll. Mossey Libr MI "Apocrypha and New Testament each have special t.p./ Apocrypha has publication date 1829; New Testament has publication date 1828." •Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi 1826 - 304 pages 18 cm - Kansas City Pub Libr MO; Webster Eden Libr MO; Franklin & Marshall Col PA; German Soc of Pennsylvania Horner Libr 1827 - 462 pages 23 cm - New York Pub Libr 1828 Neue Aufl. - 542 pages 8vo - Universiteit Goettingen longer title page text: . Mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftquellen ; Wie auch aller Sonn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln. 1828 Neue Auflage - 542 p. 18 cm - American Antiquarian Soc Libr MA Shoemaker 32318; Bötte & Tannhof German Printing 2970 1828 New ed. - 542 pages - Univ of Ontario Group; Univ of Toronto Thomas Fischer Rare Book "mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständige Anweisunggleicher Schriftstellen wie auch aller Sohn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln." 1828 - 542 pages 19 cm - 20 Libraries 19 US; 1 CA "Text printed in double column verse form single rule down center of page title centered across top of both pages. Chapter summaries in matching type references after verses. mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftstellen wie auch aller Sonn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln. J. G. Ritter hardcover books
1701réf. 53475Liege: Jean-François Broncart 1701. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. Two tomes each in two parts bound in one volume folio: 6 lxxix 1 blank 544; 1 title 1 blank 545-957 1 blank xx Cantique des cantiques 96 La sagesse; Ecclesiastique de Jesus fils de Sirach; 1 title 1 blank 468; 1 title 1 blank 430 16 Oratio Manassae; Liber Esdrae - tertius et quartus pp. Main titles for each tome in red and black; secondary titles in black only all four titles with engraved printer's device; each dated 1701. Text in two columns Latin and French. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates: frontispiece Johann Friederich Karg von Bebenburg; folding plate with 16 vignettes 4x4 depicting well-known biblical scenes; 4 folding maps The Holy Land; The Promised Land Apportioned by Tribe; Jerusalem in the Second Temple Era - after Lamy; The World Known to the Evangelists. Quarter-page engraved vignettes at the head of each of the 30 biblical books; historiated initials; printed marginalia. Exquisitely bound in the 19th century in levant morocco extra over wooden boards with mosaic compartments in crimson ochre; and dark brown bordered in fine gilt line; spine with raised bands lightly rubbed; pair of brass mounts finished in black with steel rivets at both covers clasps and catched perished. All edges gilt and elaborately gauffered in textured floral motif; gilt inner dentelles; decorative endleaves renewed in orange and black; crimson silk ribbon marker. The work of a master binder. Expertly repaired at spine caps. Occasional faint embrowning; marginal dampstains beginning in second half mostly at outer corners; expanding to fore-edge and darkening considerably in final 20 leaves. Overall a very good copy with crisp text throughout though incomplete: lacks Antoine Arnould's "Concorde des quatre Evangélistes" along with its accompanying Latin version and the concluding index. Amply margined copy of this sumptuous edition of the Bible comprising the Latin Sixto-clementine Vulgate and the Port-Royal French translation printed in parallel columns. Isaac-Louis Lemaistre de Sacy 1613-1684 was the principal translator of the French version which was edited and completed after his death by Pierre Thomas du Fossé 1634-1698 and Henri-Charles de Beaubrun 1655-1723 who also provide annotations throughout. According to Barbier the French controversialist Thierry de Viaixnes 1659-1735 who found himself often at odds with his superiors was the principal editor of the work; at the time of its preparation he was serving as director of an academy at Hautvilliers in the diocese of Rheims McClintock & Strong. Dedicated to Johann Friederich Karg von Bebenburg 1648-1719 whose signed portrait was drawn and engraved by C. Gustav of Amling. An advocate of maximal papal power Karg served as Privy Councilor of the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg Peter Philipp von Dernbach then of Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria. He served as Dean of Our Lady in Munich and was entrusted by Emperor Leopold I with a legation to Pope Innocence XI. By these efforts he secured in 1688 the election of Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria as Archbishop of Cologne as a result of which he was made Chancellor and Minister of State here noted on the frontispiece. Provenance and annotations: Bookplate of Herman Blum Blumhaven Library & Gallery with his ticket below; two gilt-stamped ex-libris morocco labels: Henry W. Poor oval; Adolph Lewisohn octogonal. References: Darlow & Moule 3779; Deleveau & Hillard Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIe siècles conservées è Paris 605; ADB 15 1882 "Karg: Johann Friedrich; Jean-François Broncart hardcover books
1937réf. 21408Paris. Printed in Bruges: Desclee de Brouwer et Cie 1937. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pasted down onto boards. Very Good. Jeanne Hebbelynck. Square 8vo each side 20 cm. 49 pp. Five color plates not part of pagination. Scattered light foxing worst on the cover where photos will show it is a minor issue. Some dusty soiling on the cover as well. Desclee de Brouwer et Cie hardcover books
1837réf. List3613Philadelphia: Firth Meignen & Co. Publishers & Importers of Music and Musical Instruments No. 41 Chestnut Street 1837. Seven pages complete including dance figures. Folio sheet music. Very good with scattered foxing and light edge wear. A rare early American operatic dance arrangement by Francis Johnson 1792-1844 widely regarded as the first published Black composer in the United States. Issued circa 1837 this work adapts themes from Vincenzo Bellini's opera La Sonnambula 1831 into a set of quadrilles with concluding waltz arranged for piano forte and structured for social dancing. The internal headings "Pantalon" "Ladies Chain" etc. retain the formal quadrille sequence reflecting the popularity of European ballroom forms in Philadelphia during the period. Johnson a Philadelphia bandleader composer and virtuoso keyed bugle player published approximately seventy compositions over nearly three decades. Active in Philadelphia from at least the 1810s he became one of the city's most sought-after musicians leading ensembles for cotillions public balls military functions and civic celebrations. In 1818 became the first African-American composer known to have sheet music published in the United States. His band performed for elite social events and public commemorations including celebrations for the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Philadelphia. In 1838 he toured Europe with his ensemble performing in England and reportedly receiving a silver trumpet from Queen Victoria. This piece was composed a year earlier per the Johnson page at Musicalgeography.com six years after Bellini's work. Operatic paraphrases and dance adaptations of fashionable European works were central to Johnson's output. Overall a quite scarce early title from an important composer. We find two copies in OCLC 692295106 at AAS and the William Clements Library. See "Francis Johnson's Compositions - With Sheet Music" https://musicalgeography.org/francis-johnsons-compositions/. Firth, Meignen & Co., Publishers & Importers of Music and Musical Instruments, No. 41 Chestnut Street books
1992réf. 170910Houston TX: Alley Theatre 1992. Vintage photograph of director Robert Wilson and assistant director Ann Christin Rommen during a workshop for the premiere of the 1992 production of the 1794 play. Photograph with a mimeo snipe label and a photographer's label on the verso. The play premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston Texas on October 30 and closed on November 14 1992. Wilson's staging of the canonical 1794 play was Wilson's first project as Artistic Associate of Houston's Alley Theatre and was produced after an eight month creative process led by Wilson as the production's director and designer. Set in during the French Revolution. 7 x 5 inches. Two small pinholes to the upper left margin else Near Fine. Alley Theatre unknown books
1965réf. 130135Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1965. Final script for the 1966 film. The 1960s remake of the classic 1939 John Ford Western in which a group of ten unlikely traveling companions on a stagecoach to Cheyenne must fight together when beset upon by both outlaws and Native Americans. Shot on location in Colorado. Blue titled wrappers noted as Final on the front wrapper production No. 58 dated April 9 1965. Title page present dated April 9 1965 noted as Final with credit for screenwriter Landon. 137 leaves Multilith duplication with blue revision pages throughout dated 6-9-75. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine internally bound with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1950réf. 145904N.p.: N.p. 1950. Ribbon copy typed manuscript for an unproduced play with essays on the history of the project the production casting and set/costume design written by June Shannon a drama student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. With extensive manuscript annotations in ink and pencil on virtually every page and 15 hand painted watercolor sketches of set and costume designs. Based on the 1775 play by Richard Sheridan. A comedy of manners set in 18th century Bath where three suitors quarrel over the love of one woman. In this hypothetical casting Tony-winning Broadway actor Jose Ferrer assumed the role of Bob Acres a buffoonish country suitor to young Lydia played by Laura Hope-Crews. The character of Mrs. Malaprop who throughout the play uses words incorrectly helped coin the term malapropism. Set in France. Black untitled wrappers. 166 leaves with last page of text numbered 139. Typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus in a spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1956réf. 147087Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1956. Final draft script for the 1956 film. Wrappers trimmed to conform to text block separating spine from wrapper abd cropping copy number stamp "650" and re-written in manuscript ink. Production number adjusted in manuscript pencil with ."5." "#3" in manuscript in on edge of spine. Based on Marcelle Maurette's 1952 stage play about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 650 and production No. 2677 dated June 7 1956. Title page present dated June 7 1956 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter Arthur Laurents. 139 leaves with last page of text numbered 136. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus trimmed to conform to text block with spine separate bound with two gold brads. Twilight Time 203. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
