1977ref. 163168N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage oversize satin finish photograph from the 1977 production of the beloved 1892 ballet showing dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. Camera 5 stamp on the verso crediting photographer and Camera 5 founder Ken Regan. The 1977 production was staged by the American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center and marked Baryshnikov's debut as choreographer. The ballet was adapted for television the same year directed by Tony Charmoli. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.25 x 14 inches archivally matted in a 14 x 18 inch 8-ply white mat. About Near Fine slightly wavy at the top and bottom edges. N.p. unknown
2003ref. 1-0789308657Universe Pub 2003. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 224 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.75 inches. Universe Pub paperback
1959ref. 161071New York: United Press International 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 film including one glossy and single weight and one matte finish borderless and double weight. One photograph shows actor Sidney Poitier talking with producer Sam Goldwyn and the other shows Poitier with actors Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters. One with a provenance stamp on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink identifying subjects on the versos. Based on DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel "Porgy" and its subsequent 1927 opera adaptation by DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. One of the great enduring American musicals following a disabled man in a small fishing village in South Carolina who harbors a woman attempting to flee her disreputable past. Set in South Carolina shot on location in Stockton California with some scenes shot near the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta in California. Matte photograph 11 x 8 inches glossy photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with matte photograph slightly curled. National Film Registry. United Press International unknown
ref. 1-0816605386Univ Of Minnesota Press 1899. Paperback. New. minnesota archive editions edition. 148 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.37 inches. Univ Of Minnesota Press paperback
1988ref. 013417San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals Inc 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Orig. black cloth. 256 pp. Fully illustrated. Fine in fine custom slipcase. China Books & Periodicals, Inc hardcover
2000ref. 159893N.p.: N.p. 2000. Three vintage photographs of director Werner Herzog taken by noted jazz photographer Jeffrey Kliman during choir rehearsals for his staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" held at The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore in March 2000. These prints are unique struck from the original negative by the photographer. Full provenance available. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. N.p. unknown
1988ref. 159709San Francisco: The Folcrom 1988. Vintage flyer announcing four performances of an opera entitled "Watt" adapted from the Samuel Beckett novel performed by The Tiny Dead Bodies Opera Company at The Folcrom San Francisco October 21 and 22 28 and 29 1988. Based on the 1953 novel by Samuel Beckett. The Folcrom was a non-profit installation and performance space located at 2150 Folsom Street San Francisco from 1987-1991. 8.5 x 14 inches on pale yellow paper. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and a small crease to the lower left corner. The Folcrom unknown
2021ref. 008514American Mathematical Society 2021 8vo 25 cm 301 pp. Laminated wrappers. "This volume contains the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Arithmetic Geometry Cryptography and Coding Theory AGC2T-17 held from June 10-14 2019 at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques in Marseille France. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Gilles Lachaud one of the founding fathers of the AGC2T series. Since the first meeting in 1987 the biennial AGC2T meetings have brought together the leading experts on arithmetic and algebraic geometry and the connections to coding theory cryptography and algorithmic complexity. This volume highlights important new developments in the field." publisher's synopsis American Mathematical Society paperback
1989ref. 159645San Francisco: San Francisco Opera 1989. Vintage flyer advertising a costume sale by the San Francisco Opera SFO on April 22-23 1989 at the War Memorial Opera House. The SFO has held costume sales nearly every year for the last few decades frequently leading to lines stretched around the block. The SFO's costume sales serve not only to clear items from productions no longer performed to make room for new costumes but to generate much needed additional income for the arts organization. In recent years the SFO has begun holding their annual costume sale online. 8.5 x 11 inches on goldenrod paper. Very Good plus with light creasing overall and two small bruises on the bottom edge. San Francisco Opera unknown
1973ref. 1-0816606978Univ Of Minnesota Press 1973. Paperback. New. minnesota archive editions edition. 240 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.60 inches. Univ Of Minnesota Press paperback
1943ref. 156117N.p.: Herzog Film 1943. Vintage program for the 1943 German film. Titles and text in German. A skilled amateur dancer gets her big break when she is discovered by a musical composer despite the objections of her father. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Very Good plus lightly age-toned. Herzog Film unknown
1986ref. 154238Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers and director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of the 1983 film. 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. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
1986ref. 150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. 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. Set and shot on location in Paris. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown
1984ref. 151105N.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. 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. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown
2011ref. x-1461283795Springer New York 2011. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 9.20x6.10x0.70 inches. Springer New York paperback
2000ref. x-069105813XPrinceton Univ Pr 2000. Paperback. New. 288 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
2016ref. x-1138224928Routledge 2016. Paperback. New. 192 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge paperback
2014ref. x-1349329983Palgrave Macmillan 2014. Paperback. New. 353 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.85 inches. Palgrave Macmillan paperback
1940ref. 74419New York: Universal Art Inc. 1940-1945. First edition. 2 quarto volumes. Unpaginated but about 60 pp. each. Numerous photographic and color illustrations. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Faint bit of mustiness but very good.The Original Ballet Russe originally named Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was a ballet company established in 1931 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as a successor to the Ballets Russes founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev. The company assumed the new name Original Ballet Russe after a split between de Basil and Blum. De Basil led the renamed company while Blum and others founded a new company under the name Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo. It was a large scale professional ballet company which toured extensively in Europe Australia and New Zealand the United States and Central and South America. It closed down operations in 1947. They were managed n the later years by Sol Hurok From the 1941 program; Today "S. Hurok presents" has become the hallmark of excellence. Such names as Maeian Anderson Arthur Rubinstein Mischa Elman Jan Peerce the Original Don Cossack Company and Jan Kiepura all of whom are on his roster for this season are a constant reminder of the distinctive caliber of Mr. Hurok's artists." Universal Art, Inc. unknown
1949ref. SHEL1210New York: Metropolian Opera and The Texas Company Texaco 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original vintage 1949 year not printed poster of the Metropolitan Opera New York City printed on heavy paper board stock. Stated 9th year presented by The Texas Company which would be 1949. Carmen was performed that year and the colorful image on the poster/broadside is apparently of that opera. Very moderate curling / small bumps at corners. Slight browning - perhaps a stain on narrow edges of lower left corner. No pin or nail holes. Very good or better condition and a rather showy piece for display with appropriate presentation/framing. Size: just about 12 1/2" x 19 1/2 Metropolian Opera and The Texas Company (Texaco) hardcover
1937ref. 039047Hollywood: A. R. Hromatka 1937. First Edition Thus . No Binding. Very Good. Panoramic Photograph Of The Entire Audience At The Concert In The Hollywood Bowl. 44" X 10" 8" At Side Now Clipped Away. Photographer's Logo At Lower Right. "Otto Klemperer Will Direct Symphony Before Audience Of 20000 In Hollywood Bowl. More Than 20000 Persons Will Be Guests At The General Motors Symphony Concert In The Hollywood Bowl This Afternoon When Dr. Otto Klemperer Will Direct The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra In A "Good Neighbor" Program Honoring The Pacific Coast. The Broadcast Will Be Heard Over Kfi And Other Nbc Stations At 4 O'clock. Soloists Will Be Lucrezia Bori Soprano Now Known As "The Savior Of The Metropolitan" And Joseph Bentonelli American-Born Tenor At The Metropolitan. Bori And Bentonelli Will Sing A Concert Presentation Of Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" Including Solos And The Celebrated Duet "0 Soave Fanciulla." It Was In "Marion" That Bentonelli Made His Debut A Couple Of Years Ago Singing With Miss Bori. A. R. Hromatka unknown
1925ref. 037024New York: George H Doran 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Photographs. 339 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing With Doran Logo On Copyright Page. Very Clean Worn And Frayed A Little At Corners Rear Hinge Partly Cracked 5/8" Tear At Bottom Edge Of A Few Pages Near Center. Signed As "Nellie Melba" On The Half-Title. Also Signed By Lewis Addison Armistead A Descendant Of The Civil War General On Front Pastedown And With His Initials On Title Page Dated 1926. George H Doran hardcover
ref. 189817Excudebat H. Goemaere 1870. 2 volume set TEXT IN LATIN octavo half-bound marbled boards gilt lettering to leather spine iv 608pp vol I 653pp vol II VG moderate-heavy chaffing to leather moderate-heavy foxing to prelims & terminals sporadic light foxing throughout light tanning to page edges library stamp to title page of both volumes library number in white to spine & in red ink to rear ep rear internal hinge of vol I cracked Excudebat H. Goemaere 1870 hardcover
1929ref. 008486New York / London / Toronto: Longmans Green and Co. 1929. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Very Good/Good Slipcase. Two Volumes. Slipcase With Modernist Illustration Of A Woman's Head And A Single Musical Note In Blue Gray Black And White By "H. M."; Preliminary Reviews On Rear Panel; Publisher's Summary On Rear Panel With $5.00 Price. Stated First Editions. A Well Received Novel But Reprinted Almost Immediately In The Book League Monthly In Two Parts Hence Never Receiving A Further Trade Printing. A Tight Clean Lightly Used Set Binding And Hinges Tight Spine Gilt Dull But Readable. Inscribed On Front Endpaper To Miss Pearl Besuner And Dated March 11 1929; She Was A Soprano From Cincinnati Who Made Her Debut With The Metropolitan Opera In 1928 And Was Favorably Reviewed By Sanborn For Her Performance In "The Emperor Jones" In 1933. Her History Mirrors That Of The Main Character Of This Novel Making This A Likely Dedication Copy. Pitts Sanborn 1879-1941 Was Music Critic For The New York Globe And Then The New York World Telegram. "He Also Write Books Such As The Metropolitan Book Of The Opera Prima Donna : A Novel Of The Opera Ludwig Van Beethoven." Wikipedia. Sanborn Was Also Remarked Upon As One Of The Great Originals Of 1920'S / 1930'S Culture. His Friendship With Wallace Stevens Included A Great Influence Upon Stevens' Interest In Music And Thus His Poetry. With A Long Two-Column Review From A Contemporary Newspaper Not Identified. Signed Material From Sanborn Is Scarce; Most Of His Personal Estate Was Lost Thrown Out On Street By His Ny Landlord Immediately After His Death In 1941. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
2011ref. DADAX1574671960Amadeus 2011-03-01. Illustrated. paperback. New. 8.19x0.90x11.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Amadeus paperback
