PURCELL HenryLivre Rare Book
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réf. QWA-881Edition Eulenburg 1971 XI-74 p. in-8 br., N° 1334, préface en anglais et en allemand par Antony Ford, bon état
1761réf. 7777London: Published by R. H. Laurie; 53 Fleet Street and Bowles & Carver 1761. Mezzotint. New state ii/ii with the publication line altered. Inscription reads as follows: " J. Reynolds pinx.Cha Corbutt fecit./ Strive not TRAGEDY nor COMEDY to Engross a GARRICK who to your NOBLEST CHARACTER does EQUAL HONOUR./ Reddere Personae scit convenientia cuique./ Published by R.H.LAURIE; 53 Fleet Street and BOWLES & CARVER St. Pauls Church Yard London Price 6s.". In good condition apart from a small section of paper loss in the upper margin not extending into the image and two small skillfully mended tears on the bottom margin. Images size: 13 1/8 x 16 inches. One of the most famous portraits of the actor David Garrick by Sir Joshua Reynolds. David Garrick 1717-1779 was perhaps the most influential actor in the English theater. He successfully took on all aspects of theatrical production including actor manager playwright publicist and theatre advocate. He displayed an amazing range by convincingly playing parts in every genre from comedy to tragedy history to farce. From 1747 until his retirement in 1776 he was the manager of Drury Lane where he initiated many improvements: he introduced concealed stage lighting removed spectators from the stage and cultivated a naturalistic style of acting. Garrick was acutely conscious of the value of pictures as advertisements. He sat for every painter of note many of whom are now little more than names. He was painted in oils and in watercolours drawn in pencil and in pastels modelled in wax and in terracotta; his likeness even appeared on medals Wedgewood china and playing-cards. This portrait by his friend Reynolds demonstrates in a mildly humorous way the actor's talents and character; posed between Tragedy and Comedy Garrick is depicted the master of both. Garrick's broad smile and Tragedy's melodramatic stance note the dagger at her waist favor Comedy. Reynolds' painting was a huge public success and inspired many prints and paintings pirated prints of the image even made their way to the streets of Paris. The popularity of this image is a testimony to Garrick's fame and to Reynolds' talent. University of Florida website Penny An interesting derivative of this scene is Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy a beautiful stipple engraving based on a painting by Romney. Penny Reynolds 42; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits 31 this state not recorded; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States 31 this state not recorded; Hamilton Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Renolds p.29; Lennox-Boyd Theatre: the Age of Garrick p.108; O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. in the British Museum 52. Published by R. H. Laurie; 53 Fleet Street, and Bowles & Carver unknown books
1978réf. 85573London: John Calder 1978. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Inscribed on title page: "To Edward" signed undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xv765pp. Mild soil to text block edges; faint reading crease to spine still solidly Very Good. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced £15 at base of front flap crisp and clean with just a trace of wear along upper extremities Near Fine. A major work of postructuralist literary analysis expanded from Cixous' 1968 doctoral dissertation L'Exil de James Joyce ou l'Art du remplacement. This translation originally appeared in the U.S. in 1972. An elusive title quite uncommon signed. John Calder unknown books
1968réf. 66917London: Anvil press 1968. First Edition. Stapled illustrated wrappers; 8vo. 20 pp. Chapbook of poems one of 200 printed copies supposedly numbered; this copy not numbered nor one of the 50 signed issues. The poet's first book. Very good. Anvil press unknown books
1960réf. 9029880New York: Boosey & Hawkes 1960. Softcover. Fine. Realised and edited by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst. Libretto by Nahum Tate. German translation by Ludwig Landgraf. Bound in publisher's original cream paper with covers stamped in red and front cover illustrated in brown. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. 71 pages. Boosey & Hawkes paperback books
2017réf. UPURANA00drpFirefly Books 2017. Fine. Purcell Lisa. Anatomy of Exercise for Women: A Trainer's Guide to Exercise for Women. Buffalo NY: Firefly Books 2017. 160pp. Illustrated. Glossary. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. Firefly Books paperback books
1977réf. 629382Berkeley California: Aldebaran Review 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Limited edition later issue. 26pp. Stapled wrappers. Foxing on wrappers else very good. One of 250 copies printed on Edna by Shameless Hussy Press Oakland May 1976 by Oliver Simon and friends. Aldebaran Review unknown books
2008réf. RPURSAM00araTelltale Games 2008. Good. Purcell Steve. Sam and Max: Surfin' the Highway. San Rafael California: Telltale Games 2008. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Laminate peeling to extremities. Yellowing and speckled stains to textblock edges. Telltale Games paperback books
2003réf. UJAYDIC00tmmQuantuck Lane 2003. Very Good. Jay Ricky. Dice: Deception Fate & Rotten Luck. Purcell photographer Rosamond. NY: Quantuck Lane 2003. 63pp. Illustrated. Square 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing. Quantuck Lane hardcover books
1972réf. RCIXEXI00fpDavid Lewis 1972. Very Good. Cixous Helene. The Exile of James Joyce. Purcell Sally A.J. New York: David Lewis 1972. 1st edition. xv 765pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Former owner's notes in two small sections of text. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Top edges rubbed with tiny tears and small losses. Tears along edges of spine with losses on head of spine and in title area. David Lewis hardcover books
réf. WELLER9781324020561New. New book. unknown books
1959réf. UJOHGOS00acmfC. W. Daniel 1959. Very Good. John the Apostle. The Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ. Szekely Editor Edmond; Weaver Translator Purcell. Ashingdon England: C. W. Daniel 1959. 62pp. 12mo. Hardcover with attached DJ. Book condition: Very good with general rubbing along edges. Gift inscription on front-free endsheet. Card with a prayer to ""Earthly Mother"" laid in. C. W. Daniel hardcover books
1975réf. 186950Boston MA: David R. Godine Publisher 1975. First edition. Simultaneous softcover issue. 72 pages. Volume 1 in the Contemporary Photographers Series. Features a preface by Rosamond Wolff Purcell and an afterword by David Purcell. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. David R. Godine Publisher unknown books
1980réf. 109682Boston MA: Davide R. Godine 1980. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of 32 color and 15 duotone photographs. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the rear panel. Davide R. Godine unknown books
1980réf. 104012Boston MA: David R. Godine 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 32 color and 15 duotone photographs. A clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some rubbing and a minor amount of edge wear. David R. Godine unknown books
1976réf. 154235Washington DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art 1976. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on September 24 through November 21 1976. Very Good in card wrappers. Light toning overall with bumps to the top and bottom fore-edge corners affecting both wrappers and text block light creasing to the spine with small bruises to the heel and mid-spine and moderate soiling to the wrappers. Corcoran Gallery of Art unknown books
1740réf. 36821London 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass intended for the accompaniment of the flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver G. Bickham. Ca 326 x 200 mm. 12.75" x 7.85" plate mark. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. "Purcell was one of the most important 17th-century composers and one of the greatest of all English composers." Peter Holman and Robert Thompson in Grove Music Online. "Bickham 1706-1771 was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer first issued in fortnightly parts each containing four plates from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song . and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. A charming engraving. The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. unknown books
1959réf. 33757London: Oxford University Press 1959. Octavo. Boards. 136 pp. Oxford University Press unknown books
1947réf. 35178London: J.M. Dent & Sons 1947. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. Full dark ivory cloth. 323 pp. With occasional illustrations. Binding worn and shaken. Browned. J.M. Dent & Sons hardcover books
1964réf. 595202London: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1964. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 36pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Several chips and creased tears corners and spine ends bumped splits at the spine ends very good only. Uncommon OCLC locates no copies. Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation unknown books
1996réf. 586434Vancouver: Peanut Butter Publishing 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 41pp. Green cloth gilt. Poetry. Peanut Butter Publishing hardcover books
1976réf. 541716Oxford: Ziprint Parchment 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Jon Piper. Octavo. 43pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some rubbing to the rear wrap. A short-lived poetry anthology edited by James Lindesay and Bruno Tolentino with a name inspired by W.H. Auden's early 1920s magazine Oxford Poetry. Contributors to this issue Lindesay Tolentino Elizabeth Jennings Sally Purcell Ruth Padel Francis Warner John Wain and many others. Both runs of this magazine and individual issue appear scarce. OCLC locate 10 assorted copies over two records. Ziprint Parchment unknown books
1965réf. 541935Santa Monica California: Earth Books & Gallery 1965. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Cover by Anna Purcell. Edited by Steve Richmond. Oblong small octavo. Stapled cardstock covers with white and blue mimeograph pages. This little magazine features the long Charles Bukowski poem with the equally long title: "Rimbaud Be Damned: I Have Withstood 99000 Seasons in Hell and I Still Look Down into This Glass Wondering Wondering." Other contributors include Doug Blazek John Buckner d.a. levy Max Schwartz William Wantling Purcell and Richmond. Earth Books & Gallery unknown books
1997réf. 434575San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 176pp. Quarter patterned cloth with pictorial glossy boards. Illustrated from color or black & white photographs. Sunned spine with age-toning on the pages and an abrasion on the front board near fine. Signed by the author. A study of the relationship between the mythical monster and its real counterpart. Chronicle Books hardcover books
1957réf. 105070Welwyn Garden City Herts: The Broadwater Press Limited 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition preceding the Sagamore trade edition. Octavo. 66pp. Red cloth gilt without dustwrapper as issued. Very good with the spine ends bumped and a water stain on the bottom edge of the boards. A satire of T.S. Eliot printed for private circulation. The Broadwater Press, Limited hardcover books
