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ref. 5034628" x 10". Half-length pose by John E. Reed Hollywood signed and inscribed to Joseph Huntley. Very good. Signed and inscribed to African-American usher and autograph collector Joseph Huntley. Bliss 1917-2014 soprano; in various operettas on Broadway. One film credit. unknown books
1927ref. 503491Half-length pose by Witzel Los Angeles signed and inscribed: "To Joseph Huntley - With the best of good wishes Virginia Flohri 1927." 9 1/2" x 7 /12" Very good. Rare. Flohri 1893-1974 opera singer; screen credit "Alibi" 1929. unknown books
1996ref. 36955London:: Andre Deutsch. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 023398965X . Illustrated. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Andre Deutsch, hardcover books
ref. 606055not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Boris Karloff having a conversation with Warner Oland in a scene from the 1936 film "Charlie Chan at the Opera." Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1844ref. 8333London. David Bogue. 1844. Lavishly bound in sumptuous tri-gilt ruled full crimson calfskin. Gilt tooled fleurette motifs to corners of front and rear covers. Elaborate gilt ruled spine compartments with intensely ornate gilt tooled fleural vignettes. Gilt tooled raised bands. Decorative gilt tooled and titled morocco label. Elaborate and ornate paneled turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. 4to. 7.25" x 10.75". The First Edition. Illustrated with ten full page illuminated steel plate engravings and further throughout by various wood engravings en texte. Elaborate multi-chromatic decorative borders to each page. A Fabulous production detailing the mid-Victorian Opera and Ballet featuring plate engravings of notable singers dancers and productions. With its high gloss engravings whimsical en texte woodcuts and highly stylized colour page borders this volume represents one of the finest examples of Victorian book design. Niles and Leslie V1-225; Moroda-1272. Some darkening and/or mild scuffing to covers. Hinges present previous repairs but are tight and firm. Corners gently bumped. Head and tail pieces lightly chipped. A very Good copy of this breathtaking work. David Bogue. hardcover books
ref. 608297Los Angeles 1930. 10 7/8" x 8 1/2"; 1 large sheet front and back; very good one fold in the middle; minor signs of handling; 1930. 1. La Argentina - Spanish Dancers With Miguel Berdion pianist Thursday night January 9 1930 & Saturday night January 11 1930. 2. Wagner's "The Ring" with Juliette Lippe and Johanna Gadski and The German Opera Company. Vintage Original 1930 Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium Brochure. 2 Page Advertising Program. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, 1930. unknown books
ref. 14432LONDON GRAMOPHONE 1921. REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION VERY GOOD. LONDON, GRAMOPHONE, 1921 unknown books
1926ref. 171336Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1926. Vintage reference photograph from the 1926 silent film showing Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in a playful moment. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Gish then MGM's highest paid actress had an unprecedented level of control over the production and was allowed input into direction story casting cinematography and costume design. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good moderately toned with nicks to the margins and creasing affecting the right portion of the photograph. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1817ref. AQ35026London: s.n. 1817. Single leaf broadside. Browning and staining to edges with very small loss to lower right corner small hole and tear to title slightly obscuring final letters. A scarce playbill recording an early effort by London's Lyceum Theatre renamed The English Opera House in the summer of 1817 to present an illumination of the 'audience part of the theatre' during a performance of 'Free and Easy' a comic opera. Although the use of gaslight in street-lamps had first been demonstrated a decade prior in 1807 the goal to introduce gaslighting to the commercial stage took years to evolve into the competitive landscape of 1817 where three of London's premier West End venues the Theatre Royal Covent Garden Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the Lyceum Theatre entered into a rapid race to produce the first fully-gaslit public performances in a West End venue. The Royalty an East End theatre later renamed The East London Theatre had previously installed gas piping and lighting fixtures across both the auditorium and the stage in 1816 demonstrating the viability of such a project. The English Opera House led by director Samuel Arnold proudly boasted on August 6 1817 that 'Gas Lighting will this evening be introduced over the whole stage' seemingly claiming themselves the winners of the century's most contested technical theatre contest. Despite this the lack of an illuminated auditorium meant that the theatre's audience remained in candlelight until a month later when the venue opened fully illuminated for the first time. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane despite only revealing its gaslit stage on the 6th September 1817 was able to argue that due to their introduction of gaslighting into the auditorium several weeks prior they were in fact the first of the three theatres to achieve the much vied- for feat. On the same night The Theatre Royal Covent Garden also offered a demonstration of gaslight on their stage finally concluding the rivalry and introducing a vital element of technical staging into London's leading venues for the remainder of the century. Rare; COPAC records no copies in the UK OCLC adds a single copy overseas Yale. . Dimensions 170 x 340 mm. [s.n.] unknown
ref. 13987BDet danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab Kopenhagen 1983-1984. Zusammen 859 Seiten Halbleineneinbände Name auf Vorsatz. unknown
1973ref. 146818N.p.: N.p. 1973. Agency Draft script for the 1975 film. With 31 pages of director Ingmar Bergman's commentary bound in after the script. Text in Swedish. Based on the 1791 German opera about a young prince tasked with rescuing a princess from a mysterious high priest. Widely considered one of the most successful operatic adaptations to film ever released. Shot on location in Stockholm Sweden. Pale yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present dated November 1973 with credits for director Ingmar Bergman and screenwriter Alf Henrikson. 93 leaves with last page of text numbered 61. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with a black comb binding. Criterion Collection 71. N.p. unknown
1992ref. 167709Chicago: Club Stodola 1992. Vintage poster for a performance by bands 3 Penny Opera Righteous Podiatrist and Boney Pile circa 1980s at Chicago's Club Stodola. Stapled to the top left corner of the poster are four tickets for the event noting a date of June 19. Poster folded twice and addressed for mailing on the verso with a postmarked date of June 10 1992. Located on Chicago's north side Club Stodola was a neighborhood Polish bar-turned-music-club in the 1980s and 1990s that frequently hosted punk bands. 17 x 11 inches folded twice vertically. Tickets 5.25 x 2.25 inches. Generally Near Fine. Club Stodola unknown
ref. 5h1837Nuova Era Internazionale s.r.l. ohne Ort 2006. 40 CDs mit je einem Booklet sowie ein 170seitiges Begleitbuch in original Pappbox ca. 37 x 15 x 14 cm. - neuwertig / Begleitheft fünfsprachig: englisch deutsch französisch italienisch und spanisch / Inhalt: De' Cavalieri Monteverdi Vivaldi Händel Piccinni Calderara Paisiello Cimarosa Gazzaniga Boccherini Salieri Rossini Mecadante Donizetti Bellini Verdi Leoncavallo Puccini Marinuzzi Menotti - unknown
ref. 1h14756Apud Eman. Thurneysen Basel 1779. 619 S. Halbleder vorderer Einbanddeckel lose/fleckig/gebräunt/Widmung auf Vorsatz/berieben/leicht bestossen. unknown
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
1985ref. x-0393018881W W Norton & Co Inc 1985. Hardcover. New. 584 pages. 9.50x7.00x1.50 inches. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
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. 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
2000ref. x-069105813XPrinceton Univ Pr 2000. Paperback. New. 288 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
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
1993ref. 058980New Haven: Yale University Press 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xii 612 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing Indicated. Massive Cultural History Of Opera Extensive Footnotes At End. Fine In Fine Dj. Inscribed To "Jim" From The Author. Yale University Press hardcover
1873ref. 360111873. GOUNOD Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp. Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. MEYERBEER Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856. Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp. Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850. MEYERBEER Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852. Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. THOMAS 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. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp. Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873. WAGNER 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. Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp. Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown
1943ref. 045923New York: Hamish Hamilton 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 504 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.50. Small Area Of Slight Browning At Gutter Edges Of Front Endpapers And Binding Slightly And Partly Cracked After Front Free Endpaper Hamish Hamilton 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
