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1970Best.-Nr. AG-10062Red Detachment of Women full Score 红色娘å军总谱 Hong Se Niang Zi Jun Beijing: Published by People's Publishing House printed by Beijing Xinhua Printing Factory distributed by Xinhua Bookstore December 1970 FIRST EDITION. The July 1970 Script Revised and Performed Collectively by Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe. 25×18 cm. xiv 534 1 pp. Colophon. Quotations from Chinaman Mao on the second and third page printed red tilted wrappers minor tear to the cover slight tears to the foot of the binding else very fine condition. 北京：人民出版社，1970年12月第一版，新åŽä¹¦åº—å‘行。本总谱由上海京剧演出团于1970年演出本集体改编，å‰ä¸¤é¡µå¸¦æœ‰æ¯›ä¸»å¸è¯å½•ï¼Œä¹¦çš®æœ‰è½»å¾®ç£¨æŸï¼Œå…¶ä»–å“相éžå¸¸å¥½ã€‚ In China revolutionary operas or model operas Chinese: yangban xi æ ·æ¿æˆ were a series of shows planned and engineered during the Cultural Revolution 1966–1976 by Jiang Qing the wife of Chairman Mao Zedong. They were considered revolutionary and modern in terms of thematic and musical features when compared with traditional Chinese operas. Many of them were adapted to film. Originally eight revolutionary operas Chinese: Ba Ge Yangban Xi å…«ä¸ªæ ·æ¿æˆ were produced eighteen by the end of the period. Instead of the "emperors kings generals chancellors maidens and beauties" of the traditional Peking opera which was banned as "feudalistic and bourgeois" they told stories from China's recent revolutionary struggles against foreign and class enemies. They glorified the People's Liberation Army and the bravery of the common people and showed Mao Zedong and his thought as playing the central role in the victory of socialism in China. Although they originated as operas they soon appeared on LPs in comic books lianhuanhua on posters postcards and stamps; on plates teapots wash basins cigarette packages vases and calendars. They were performed or played from loudspeakers in schools factories and fields by special performing troupes. The Eight Model Operas dominated the stage in all parts of the country during these years leading to the joke "Eight hundred million people watched eight shows." 本组剧本属于文é©æ—¶æœŸçš„å…«å¤§æ ·æ¿æˆï¼Œç”±æ¯›ä¸»å¸å¤«äººæ±Ÿé’负责制作和演出。很多被æ‹æˆäº†ç”µå½±ã€‚ 最åˆæœ‰å…«ä¸ªæ ·æ¿æˆï¼ŒåŽæ¥åœ¨æ–‡é©æ—¶æœŸçš„åŽæœŸå‘展到了18个。ä¸åƒå› å°å»ºå’Œèµ„产阶级的被ç¦äº†çš„ä¼ ç»Ÿäº¬å‰§ï¼Œé‡Œé¢å‡ºçŽ°çš„ä¸çš„国王大臣少女和美人，é©å‘½çŽ°ä»£äº¬å‰§ä¸»è¦è®²è¿°ä¸å›½è¿‘å¹´æ¥çš„抗战故事，宣扬人民解放军的光辉è£è€€å’Œæ¯›ä¸»å¸çš„英勇。虽然是京剧，很快就å˜æˆäº†å„ç§å½¢å¼å‡ºçŽ°åœ¨è¿žçŽ¯ç”»ã€æµ·æŠ¥ã€æ˜Žä¿¡ç‰‡ã€é‚®ç¥¨ã€é¦™çƒŸã€èŠ±ç“¶ã€æ—¥åŽ†ç‰å„ç§åœ°æ–¹ï¼Œç”¨æ‰©éŸ³å–‡å在å¦æ ¡ã€å·¥åŽ‚ç‰åœ°æ–¹ï¼Œç”±æ¼”出团进行表演。8ä¸ªæ ·æ¿æˆä¸»å¯¼äº†å…¨å›½æ‰€æœ‰çš„舞å°ï¼Œå› æ¤æœ‰äº†8亿人看8个剧的笑è¯ã€‚ People’s Publishing House paperback books
1850Best.-Nr. 41322Paris: Schonenberger . Boulevart Poissonière 28 1850. Large octavo. Black pebbled leather-backed brown textured cloth boards. Contains works by Beethoven Cherubini Gluck Haydn Mehul Mendelssohn Mozart Ries and Weber as follows: - Weber. 3E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Euriante de Weber. Prix net 65 centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. - Cherubini. 5E. Livraison. Ouverture de Lodoïska . 80 centimes. i title 2-15 i blank pp. - Gluck. 7E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Iphigénie . 65 Centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 12 pp. - Weber. 12E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Oberon . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Mehul. 15E. Livraison. Ouverture du jeune Henri . 80 centimes. i title 2-16 pp. - Mendelssohn. 17E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Grotte de Fingal . 70 centimes. i title 2-13 i blank pp. - Ries. 21E. Livraison.Ouverture Millitaire . 85 c. i title 2-17 i blank pp. - Gluck. 25E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Armide . 40 centimes. i title 2-8 pp. - Beethoven. 27E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Egmont . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Weber. 28E. Livraison. Ouverture du Roi des Génies . 55 c. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Mendelssohn Bartholdy. 31E Livraison. Songe d'un nuit d'été . 95 centimes. i title 2-19 i blank pp. - Beethoven. 33E. Livraison. Ouverture de Prométhée . 55 centimes. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Méhul. 35e. Livraison. Ouverture de Timoléon . 50 centimes. i title 2-10 pp. - Weber. 39e. Livraison. Ouverture de Robin des bois . 60 centimes. i title 2-12 pp. - Beethoven. 40E. Livraison. Ouverture de Fidelio . 55 centimes. i title 2-11 i blank pp. - Mehul. 42E. Livraison. Ouverture de Stratonice . 50 centimes. i title 2-10 pp. - Haydn. 53E Livraison. Ouverture célèbre . 85 centimes. 1f. recto title verso blank 16 pp. - Mozart. 55E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Flûte enchantée . 45 centimes. i title 9 i blank pp. - Weber. 58E. Livraison. Ouverture du Jubilée . 65 centimes. i title 12 pp. With contemporary manuscript table of contents to front free endpaper and 1f. publisher's catalogue at conclusion. Publisher's and New York bookseller's small oval handstamps to blank lower margin of title some with publisher's facsimile signature. Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Slightly worn and browned internally; lightly foxed; some publisher's stamps slightly trimmed. Schonenberger ... Boulevart Poissonière, 28 unknown books
1915Best.-Nr. 45639New York 1915. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy. 16 pp. 8vo. The playbill for "The Blue Bird" by Maurice Maeterlinck a popular work at the time at the Manhattan Opera House. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 113401973. 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. paperback books
1967Best.-Nr. 134377New York: Harkness Ballet 1967. Hardcover. VG- ex-library. binding has some wear and soiling. most programs are well preserved though some have toning or minor flaws. Blue library buckram. Unpaginated. Most programs are bw with a few in color. The title is a descriptive title as the book was not published as such. This volume contains a collection of approximately 35 programs from performances by the Harkness Ballet of New York bound together. The programs come from venues where the company toured January 31 1967 to Dec 10 1967 and the few missing programs Frederick MD Detroit MI Chicago NYC Broadway are noted. Includes mulitple copies of Broadway Theatre Playbill Program Vol. 4 No. 11 November 1967. Harkness Ballet hardcover books
1943Best.-Nr. 130877New York: Program Publications 1943. Softcover. VG- edges slightly darkened and 1.5 inch tear along lower spine. Pink and blue stapled wraps with color illustrations. Approx 56 pp. Profuse black and white photos four full-colour half-page reproductions two by Marc Chagall one by Roberto Montenegro one by Julio Castellano. From the "Commuique from S. Hurok": "Ballet in time of war is not merely a form of amusement. In a world threatened with a forced return to the dark ages the ballet spotlights the future and the reward of vistory." Program Publications paperback books
1952Best.-Nr. List2814Homestead Pennsylvania 1952. 7 x 9 inch photograph. International News Photos and Tribune 4th Edition stamps verso with newspaper clipping. Marked “623” in pencil recto. Fine. Olive Moorefield b.1932 is an American opera singer and theater and film actress from Homestead Pennsylvania. As the newspaper clipping on the back of this photograph—from very early in Moorefield’s career—explains “She had earned $22 by baby sitting and decided to go to New York in hopes of auditioning for a play. She was given a try at a part in ‘My Darlin’ Aida’ . She made the grade”. Following Aida she was brought to Vienna by the US Information Service to sing for servicemen and would go on to sing for the Vienna Volksoper Oper Frankfurt Schauspielhaus Zürich and others. She would also star in a number of German and Viennese films. Offered here is a photograph of Moorefield’s mother sitting on the porch of Moorefield’s childhood home. The clipping states that her mother “urged her to try for the part” of Lolly in Aida. unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 15899NY: Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc 1938. 4to pp. 68. VG cover little worn at edges slightly worn dj. List of Met artists 1938-39 glued on pastedown. Owner's signature on flyleaf. OP. Photographs and details about pre-1938 performances and artists. Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 011029New York: Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938 Pictorial boards with corner wear; matching dust jacket with light edge wear tears and small losses original price intact 5050. Adaptation of Wagner's opera with lovely color and b&w artwork as well as musical notation. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Small 4to. Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 011030New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1938 Pictorial boards with wear and bumping to corners; matching dust jacket with smal losses and light edge wear original price intact 5050. . Nice illustrations of settings and characters from the opera. . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Barry Bart. 8vo. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 011032New York: Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938 Pictorial boards with light wearand bumping to corners previous owner's name on endpaper; in matching dust jacket with edge tears and light dust soil original price intact 5050. Adaptation of Bizet's opera with lovely color and b&w artwork as well as musical notation. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Square 8vo. Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 011031New York: Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938 Pictorial boards with light wear; in matching dust jacket with light wear small hole in rear panel and dust soil original price intact 5050. Adaptation of Bizet's opera with lovely color and b&w artwork as well as musical notation. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Square 8vo. Grosset & Dunlap / Metropolitan Opera Guild unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. AG20057SELECTIONS FROM REPERTOIRE OF OPERATIC SONGS AND TERPSICHOREAN MELODIES OF MEI LAN-FANG - by Professor Liu T'ien. Hua 梅兰芳歌曲谱 Published in 1929 specially edited and printed for Mei Lan-Fang's performance in the United States. Mei Lan-Fang was invited by America in the winter of 1929 to help the people better understand Chinese Opera the master of Chinese songs Liu Tianhua produced two volumes of books one in Chinese 126pp. and the other in English 118pp. which includes 18 Kunqu Opera with music script and score. Signed and stamped by the Author on the English version 1050 copies printed and only 50 copies were signed this is No. 43 on Chinese art paper 4to matching red silk sewn thread binding with printed gold paper labels very fine condition. 本套书å°åˆ·äºŽ1929年，共分为2册，精装，此书为梅兰芳赴美演出特制，共1050部，其中的50部为æˆåŒ–宣纸å°åˆ¶ï¼Œåˆ—有编å·ï¼Œç¬¬ä¸€å·ä»·æ ¼äº”百美元，二至五åå·ä¸€ç™¾ç¾Žå…ƒï¼Œæ¤å¥—为50部中的第43å·ï¼Œæœ‰åˆ˜å¤©åŽäº²å°å¹¶è‹±æ–‡ç¾å。两套书分别为ä¸è‹±æ–‡ç‰ˆï¼Œå…±æ”¶å½•äº†18æ¡æ˜†æ›²çš„å”±è¯ã€å”±è…”工尺谱和五线谱，历ç»æ•°æœˆå®Œæˆ å“相如新，ä¿å˜å¦‚æ¤å®Œå¥½çš„éžå¸¸å°‘è§ã€‚ paperback books
1983Best.-Nr. 589292New York: The International Center for Photography 1983. Unbound. Fine. Exhibition announcement. One small quarto sheet accordian-folded to make six pages. Measuring approximately 5" x 7" closed. Fine. Each exhibition is given three pages and one image; Karsh's image is his iconic portrait of Winston Churchill. The International Center for Photography unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 148425Ashton Tate 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Version 1. 1. Illustrated by Metropolitan Opera Guild. Very good with 5 1/4" diskettes in slipcase. Ashton Tate hardcover books
1697Best.-Nr. 23479Oxford: Etheatro Sheldoniano 1697. leather_bound. Contemporary cambridge style binding in full brown calf. Very good. Folio6 A4-Ppp4 Qqq-Pppp Qqqq2-Zzzz2 Aaaaa-Mmmmm. The first English edition of the Greek text edited by Richard West & Robert Welsted. Engraved portrait of Pindar by M. Burghers facing the title page. DIBDIN II 289. "a beautiful and celebrated edition. on the whole we must allow that the editors of this magnificent work have taken infinite pains to bring together every thing which could illustrate and improve the reading of the poet". The editors compared the Mss held by the Bodleian with that of the Biblioteca Palatina. Engraved portrait of Pindar and large title page vignette by M. Burghers. Pindar c. 522 – c. 443 BC was an Ancient Greek lyric poet of the classical period from Thebes and the first Greek poet to reflect on the nature of poetry and on the poet's role. Errata. BRUNET IV p.659. Armorial bookplate. Raised bands spines richly gilt small front cover nick scrape lower front cover corner binding tight with leaves at end of text of Pindari Opera Omnia leaves Oooo-Mmmm toned. Etheatro Sheldoniano unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 244083Tucson: University of Arizona 1994. Four-panel playbill folded to 7x8.5 inches program on interior panels with participant list production staff on rear cover illustration of Mexican traditional dress very good on light blue stock. University of Arizona unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 215764San Francisco: the Club 1968. 36p. staplebound booklet 8.5x11 inches minor handling wear and dust soil. Includes photos of performers explanatory text and advertisements. the Club unknown books
Best.-Nr. 390891915. Signed in full in pencil just outside platemark at lower right. Also signed and dated in the plate "E. Oppler 15" at lower left inscribed in pencil "9-50" just outside platemark at lower left and "VII.II" at lower left corner with titling in pencil to lower margin. On ivory laid Bosquet watermarked paper. Impression size 180 x 270 mm. 7 x 9-1/2" with wide margins. A pre-performance or intermission scene depicting three tiers of an elaborate performance space with people both sitting and standing some in animated conversation with players in the orchestra pit before a closed curtain. Number 9 of an edition limited to 50 copies this impression an apparent second state of seven. Oppler is considered the premiere chronicler of ballet in Germany. "He spent his student years in Munich London and Holland before settling in Berlin in 1905. As a member of the Berliner Secession he developed into a sought-after portraitist and from 1912 through his drawings and graphic works to one of the perhaps to the most significant German artistic chroniclers of ballet history. Especially the Ballets Russes and their soloists owe to Oppler's enthusiasm an appreciation known until today only among ballet afficionados. Oppler is recognized as the inventor of an illuminated drawing pencil which enabled him to sketch from the audience during rehearsals and performances." Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln. unknown books
1838Best.-Nr. 36247Girard: 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. Contains: Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867 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. Pacini Saffo . Souvenirs. Choeur de femmes. Musical manuscript. 1f. recto title on light green paper verso blank 6 pp. Donizetti Gaetano 1797-1848 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. Donizetti No. 8. Cavatine PN 6045. Ca. 1843. 6 pp. 1f. From Don Pasquale. Donizetti 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. Donizetti 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. Verdi Giuseppe 1813-1901 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. Verdi 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. Bellini Vincenzo 1801-1835 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. Mercadante Saverio 1795-1870 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. Binding very slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Occasional light foxing. A clean wide-margined copy overall. An attractively-bound collection. Naples unknown books
Best.-Nr. 36029Includes works of Battista 5 Donizetti 6 Mercadante 7 Pacini 1 Petrella 1 and Verdi 1. With contemporary mansucript index to front free endpaper. Contents: BATTISTA Vincenzio 1823-1873 Ermelinda Dramma lirico in Quattro Atti di Domenico Bolognese. Monaco: Orlando e C. after 1850. - Duetto Signor Capitano. PN 599. 19 pp. - Coro alla danza. PN 600. 14 pp. - Terzettino Febo ei vieni. PN 606. 8 pp. - No. 13. Scena e Romanza. Partenopeo. PN 12093. 4 pp. Anna La Prie. Tragedia lirica di Nicola Leoncavallo. Napoli: Fabricatore e Co. ca. 1845. - Scena e cavatina Alboix. PN 105. 10 pp. DONIZETTI Gaetano 1797-1848 La Favorita Melodramma tragico in 4 atti Posto in musica pel Real teatro di Parigi. Napoli: Girard e Ci. ca. 1844. - Aria O mio Fernando. PN 5181. 9 pp. - Scena e Duetto Ah moio bene un Dio t'invia. PN 5185. 12 pp. - Quartettino Deh paventa il furor. PN 5197. 4 pp. - Scene e Duetto Ah va t'invo la e questa. PN 5184. 13 pp. 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 - N: 14. Scena e Freghier . No osoalzarcilumi! PN 14914HH. 6 pp. - Scena e Ballata . Cavalieri che veggio. Napoli: F. Fabricatore e C.; Palermo: R. Zerega. PN 146 ca. 1845. 7 pp. MERCADANTE Saverio 1795-1870 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. - No. 22. Rondo Finale. PN 10756. 10 pp. 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. - No. 10. Preghiera di Virginia. PN 14610. 4 pp. - No. 14. Terzetto di Virginia Appio ed Icilio. PN 14614. 8 pp. 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. - No. 3. Scena e cavatina Cassandro. PN 10757. 15 pp. - No. 14. Romanza Cassandro. PN 10758. 4 pp. 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 - No. 2. Scena Romanza e Cavatina. PN 7555. 14 pp. - No. 13. Scena Preghiera ed Aria Finale. PNs 7565 7560 7567. 13 pp. Later issue of ca. 1856-60. PACINI Giovanni 1796-1867 Malvina di Scozia. Opera in 3 acts Grande Scena Preghiera ed aria. L'orror mi rese immobile. Napoli: Fabricatore e C. PN 725 ca. 1852. 19 pp. PETRELLA Errico 1813-1877 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. - No. 6. Duetto. Dembra mesta! . male! male! PN 10466. 14 pp. VERDI Giuseppe 1813-1901 Rigoletto. Melodramma di F.M. Piave. Milano: Giovanni Ricordi after 1852 - 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. Oblong folio. 19th century black leather-backed boards. 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
Best.-Nr. 30832Executed 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. 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. "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. Provenance: MacDougall Arts Ltd. London auction June 9 2011 lot 413 catalogue p. 17. unknown books
1759Best.-Nr. 29663Paris: Basan 1759. 385 x 260 mm. Printed on laid paper. The outdoor scene with trees and statuary depicts Caroline and Charlotte daughters of Frédéric Sluyter performing in a production of Pygmalion at the Schouwberg Theatre in Amsterdam. The dancer at left is on her right foot with arms outstretched costumed in a dress with a low rounded neckline pointed waistline and a wide panniered skirt; the dancer at right is on her left foot with arms outstretched wearing male attire including cocked hat frock coat with stiff flared skirt breeches and heeless shoes. Browned; small stain to lower right corner. Scarce. NYPL: b12155632. BM 1854 0614.342. Caroline and Charlotte Frédéric were part of a troupe of child performers active in Amsterdam in the 1760s. Basan unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 296841940. 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. 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. "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 Hewitt Henry Rayner website. unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 277981980. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers printed in colour. 32 pp. Includes an essay on the company the stage the music and the actors by A.C. Scott together with synopses of operas in the repertoire. With photographic illustrations in colour and black-and-white throughout. Slightly worn. unknown books
