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187828372Paris: Brandus & Cie. PN B. & Cie. 12421 1878. Large octavo. Contemporary dark brown quarter leather with green marbled boards with H. Maquaire subscription information gilt to upper pebbled dark brown paper to lower. 1f. recto title illustrated by G. Fraipont printed in blue verso blank 1f. recto dedication to Zulma Bouffar Camargo in the first performance verso blank 1f. notes on first performance and named cast list verso contents xii 295 i blank pp. Lithographed.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Vauthier Berthelier Lary Pacra Libert Deberg Duchosal Tony Urebain Caliste William Desclos Auger Mercier Perrenot Beziat Caillous Z. Bouffar Desclauzas Jily-Meyer Lea d'Asco Piccolo Panseron Ribe Kolb Dianie Vialla Davenay Dortet Z. Bied and G. Piter. <br/><br/>Binding worn rubbed scuffed and bumped; front hinge split; small handstamp "152" to lower margin of front free endpaper. Occasional foxing; small publisher's facsimile handstamp to lower margin of title; small tear to upper margin of p. 287 with tape repair. First Edition. <br/><br/>La Camargo to a libretto by Vanloo and Leterrier was first performed in Paris at the Renaissance on November 20 1878.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Brandus & Cie. [PN B. & Cie. 12421] unknown books
188428434Paris: Choudens Père & Fils PN A.C. 6086 1884. Large octavo. Quarter textured red cloth with marbled boards titling gilt to spine. 1f. recto title within architectural border verso notes 1f. recto notes on first performance named cast list and contents verso blank 203 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Marguerite Ugalde Juliette Darcourt Herman Berthelier Vauthier and Albert Brasseur <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Slightly browned; occasional markings in pencil. First Edition later issue.<br/><br/>L'oiseau bleu to a libretto by Duru and Chivot was first performed in Paris at the Nouveautés on January 16 1884.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 6086] unknown books
191233655Paris: A. Durand & Fils PN D. & F. 8443 1912. Folio. Original publisher's light gray printed wrappers. 1f. blank 1f. recto title printed in red and black verso "Personnages" "Note concernant l'exécution" etc. 32 pp. With "Imp. Mounot Nicolas Paris" printed at foot of title and "Ch. Douin gr ." and "Paris Imp. Chaimbaud & Cie." printed at foot of final page of music.<br/><br/>Upper wrapper detached; lower partially detached; bookseller's handstamps to upper and title "Occasion Neuf Livres & Musique" etc. Slightly browned; occasional light foxing. First edition. Lesure 125.<br/><br/>Premiered in Paris on 22 May 1911 at the Théâtre du Châtelet.<br/><br/>"Debussy was rather reserved in his attitude to the aesthetic of the Ballets Russes and seems to have preferred the idea of rejuvenating the old form of opera-ballet Fêtes galantes after Verlaine renamed Crimen amoris. He wrote the scenario - but not the music - of Masques et bergamasques but he detested the choreography which Diaghilev commissioned from Nijinsky for Jeux a work which finally found a new life for itself in the concert hall. He fell out with Maud Allan who commissioned the ballet Khamma; the score which has its Stravinskian moments was not played in his lifetime." François Lesure and Roy Howat in Grove Music Online. A. Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 8443] unknown books
18821339955Washington: For the Compiler 1882. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. 12mo; 17th edition corrected to January 1882; G; Hardcover; Spine red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print mild wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine light smudging/shelfwear; Textblock has cracked front hinge initial folded map has tear along spine else clean and tight; xx 250 pages illustrated b&w including 2 folded maps. 1339955. FP New Rockville Stock. For the Compiler hardcover books
188128614Paris: Brandus & Cie PN B et Cie 12705 1881. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark pink illustrated wrappers. 1f. recto illustrated title printed in colour verso blank 1f. recto notes on first performance and named cast list verso contents xii 286 pp. Some leaves unopened.<br/><br/>With an autograph inscription signed by the composer "Ch. Lecocq" to Vauthier who played Latignasse in the premiere of the work.<br/><br/>Named cast includes J. Granier Jolly Vauthier Lary Jeannin Libert Deberg Perrenot Williams Crambade Schamyl Desclauzas Mily Meyer Belliard Rouvroy Lydie Borel Ducouret Panseron Doriani Davenay Roger and Boulard.<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and chipped at edges; upper detached; spine faded. Occasional minor foxing; first signature partially detached; publisher's facsimile handstamp to blank lower outer corner of title. First Edition.<br/><br/>Janot to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy was first performed at the Renaissance on January 21 1881.<br/><br/>"After a lapse of more than a year caused by illness and domestic problems his career resumed with Janot 1881 Le jour et la nuit 1881 and Le coeur et la main 1882 but these were his last real successes."<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Brandus & Cie [PN B et Cie 12705] unknown books
195230775Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izdatel'stvo State Music Publishers 1952. Octavo. Full dark brown cloth with titling in olive green within blindstamped rules spine with decorative blindstamping titling in olive green. 690 i pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn and bumped. Occasional minor foxing and browning; tear to inner portion of pp. 689-690 with no loss. The only collection of articles by this noted Russian composer and critic of French-Lithuanian descent dating from after 1865 with a complete bibliography of writings one volume only covering Cui's writings from 1864-1865 was published in 1918. Edited by the Gosudarstvennyi nauchno-issledovatel'skii institut teatra i muzyki State scholarly research institute for theater and music. Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izdatel'stvo (State Music Publishers) unknown books
197448812New York: DAW Books Inc 1974. 1st printing thus. Trade paperback. Color pictorial front cover yellow edgestain. Age toning VG. 175 1 advert pp. Illustrated by Roy Krenkel. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> DAW Books, Inc paperback books
1995CH814-159Boston: David R Godine 1995. First Collected Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. x 339 pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Dryfus black-and-white illustrations throughout bibliography of Drefus' writings index; text clean unmarked except for a few light pencil notations in the Drefus bibliography. Gilt-stamped navy cloth added mylar dust-jacket; binding square and tight jacket with shelf wear. Near Fine. John Dreyfus was an important figure in postwar European type design as typographical adviser to the British Monotype Corporation in succession to Stanley Morison. Dreyfus was a typographer academic printer and historian of important beautiful and privately printed books. David R Godine hardcover books
19622662011962. unbound. Unaccredited matte-finish black-and-white 10 x 8-inch half-length image of Bailey no place no date circa 1962. Inscribed: "To Helen My Very Best Love Pearl." Tiny creases on the lower corners but still in very good condition.<br/><br/> American singer and actress who appeared on the stage screen and television.<br/><br/> unknown books
194147989New York: Distributed by Newsindia 1941. Paperback. Good. 32p. Wrapper chipping and soiling. 23cm. Gift inscription "with best compliments of the author thro' Rama". <br/><br/> Distributed by Newsindia paperback books
20081338283Istanbul: Anatolia Publishing 2008. Softcover. Octavo; VG; Paperback; Spine blue with white print; Cover is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; x 181 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1338283. FP New Rockville Stock. Anatolia Publishing unknown books
13609Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A fascinating collection of 14 autograph letters and cards and 2 telegrams addressed to the important French composer dated between 1903 and 1917 from musicians and other artistic figures of the era. The letters from correspondents including conductors critics dancers composers and visual artists mention the very positive reception of Debussy's works during the last years of his life including his 1903 nomination as a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur the Chicago premiere of his opera Pelléas et Melisande and Toscanini's 1911 performance of La Mer; other works discussed include his ballet Jeux the cantata L'enfant prodigue and his work for piano L'isle joyeuse. Letters range from 4 x 2.5 inches to 5.25 x 8.25 inches and are overall in very good to fine condition with some light toning and age wear. All letters in French.Contents:Three letters congratulate Debussy on his nomination to the Légion d'honneur in 1903: one autograph note on the visiting card of conductor Edouard Colonne Paris February 1903 1 p.; one ALS  from the soprano Lucienne Bréval n.p. February 4 1903 4 pp. which also mentions her desire to sing one of Debussy's mélodies with orchestra; and one ALS from the architect Charles Plumet Paris n.d. 1 p.Two telegrams dated June 11 1910 send congratulations to Debussy on the successful performance of his Pelléas et Mélisande in Chicago from the conductor Cleofonte Campanini and the director general of the Chicago Grand Opera Company Andreas Dippel: "Four thousand people were impressed and touched. Our congratulations."Two letters send congratulations to Debussy on the performance of his La Mer under Toscanini in Turin in 1911. On a photograph postcard Turin September 30 1911 the composer Leone Sinigaglia writes that "It would have been a joy for you a lasting memory. Toscanini put his whole soul into it all his intelligence and all his will. His execution of your admirable masterpiece was prodigious. The public wary at the beginning as you may imagine! you know this well was won over -- at the end it was a great success which was repeated yesterday evening." The critic Giuseppe Depanis Turin October 12 1911 2 pp. writes that "not only was the second presentation Toscanini of La Mer received with the same good favor as the first but Vincent D'Indy also performed Nuages andFêtes in his concert on the 10th of the month with great success."An autograph letter from Nadejda Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg August 20 1911 1 p. with envelope thanks Debussy for his telegram and mentions in reference to the Ballets Russes' adaptation of her husband's famous work Scheherazade that "the appearance before the artistic Parisian public of my husband's works changed and transformed into ballet caused me great pain last summer and this time."  An autograph letter from the caricaturist Beppe Fabiano Paris May 29 1912 2 pp. confesses to Debussy that "I have just exhibited your portrait at the Salon des Humanistes -- in a series of celebrated composers -- without asking your permission beforehand. Fearing I may have overstepped I would be delighted if you would forgive me."<br style="">A short autograph letter from the sculptor Denys Puech Paris June 4 1912 1 p. mentions L'après-midi d'un faune. A short autograph letter from the sculptor Albert Bartholomé Budapest May 25 1913 1 p. informs Debussy that his cantata L'enfant prodigue "was admirably executed by truly passionate performers. I was able to obtain the poster from the theater and will be pleased to send it to you." The Russian ballerina and soloist with the Ballets Russes Ludmilla Chollar writes to Debussy about her role in Jeux in which she starred with Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina London June 26 1913 2 pp. She thanks the composer for the "the most beautiful memories which I could bring from Paris: the very kind words with which you dedicated Jeux your photography and some measures of my role . If I take from the creation of Jeux one exquisite and ineffable memory it is to you that I owe it to your work and to the happy chance that I met you away from the mirage of celebrities an artist as great as you whose work is dear to me above all others."<br style="">An autograph letter from the composer Ildebrando Pizzetti Florence September 17 1913 1 p. with envelope asks Debussy to comment on his new composition: "You would do me a great honor Maître if you would send me a few words on the subject but of course with no obligation on your part to give me compliments if my musical work does not interest you!"An interesting wartime letter from the Italian conductor Bernardino Molinari Rome September 18 1915 4 pp. calls on Debussy's patriotic feelings to ask him to collaborate with his orchestra: "I still remember what you said to me yourself here in Rome about "L'isle joyeuse" when you gave me hope that you might make a transcription for orchestra. If you have the desire and the time I would be very flattered to have the score to perform it during the next concert season at the Augusteo. You understand that in this season we very much wish to form a program in which our allies in France figure prominently. In a political moment like this one where the souls of all the Allied nations are unified and united into one ideal all of us at the Academie ask you for your valid support in the coming season." He goes on to apologize that because of the war he will be unable to offer the same fee as the previous time and reports that performances of Debussy's works around Italy have been very successful: "This shows with evidence that your musical language speaks to great and small touching the heartstrings of all." An autograph letter from the composer and musicologist Jean D'Udine Paris April 27 1917 3 pp. invites Debussy to one of Udine's salons despite Debussy's known disdain for his school of dance: "I know you have no sympathy for rhythmic gymnastics which seem to you you have written 'a very disagreeable domestication of rhythm.' I believe that you are wrong and that they are rather an emancipation of rhythm when taught well. Without any hostility on your part towards the method which I teach with conviction I would like to ask you to honor with your presence one of the evenings which I am hosting at present. You would there see danced with extreme love and respect by one of my students a remarkable artist your beautiful dances for chromatic harp . I did not want to give these evenings April 28 and May 3 and 5 without informing you pour memoire and without letting you know that it is sometimes where one feels the least loved that one is actually the most seriously and profoundly loved."The violinist and composer Francesco Guarnieri writes N.p. October 17 1917 2 pp. on black-bordered stationery to ask Debussy for a signed copy of his violin sonata which he will perform in Italy and also recalls a much earlier performance of Debussy's famous quartet at which Debussy gave him a copy of the score. unknown books
196436239London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1964. 1st UK edition. Hardback. Orange dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG some age toning/light edgewear. 175 1 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover books
194928760Paris: Durand & Cie PN D. & F. 7576 1949. Tall folio. Dark ivory publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. recto title verso publisher's "General Conditions of Sale and Hire of Orchestral Material" and list of instruments 110 pp. <br/><br/>Wrappers worn; torn at spine. Slightly worn and browned; signatures partially detached; publisher's handstamp to first page of music. A re-issue from plates of the first edition. Lesure p. 127. Durand & Cie [PN D. & F. 7576] unknown books
189028413Milano: Sonzogno PN E. S. 58 1890. Large octavo. Half dark brown pebbled cloth with marbled boards printed titling excerpts laid down to upper and spine. 1f. recto notes on first performance cast list and index verso blank 238 pp.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Minor to moderate foxing throughout; lacking title; some margins cropped not affecting printed area; cataloguing annotation in pencil to upper margin of first leaf. First Italian edition of the second version.<br/><br/>Les prés Saint-Gervaisk to a libretto by Sardou and Gille was first performed in Paris at the Variétés on November 14 1874.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. [Sonzogno] [PN E. S. 58] unknown books
191834517Dublin: The Candle Press 1918. 1st edition Cutler & Stiles p. 132. Grey-green paper wrappers printed in dark green. Light age toning and the occasional spot of foxing. A VG copy. 29 3 pp. Unopened. 7" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>Published during the Irish Rebellion and issued under a pen-name to avoid prosecution. Richard Ellmann's copy with his initials on the ffep. The Candle Press unknown books
1947402102New York: Oxford University Press 1947. Second revised edition. Spine slightly sunned/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Color frontispiece. Original cloth. "Important experiments on gastric function made on 'Tom' a man who had a gastric fistula from the age of 9" Garrison-Morton-Norman 1041. <br/><br/> Oxford University Press hardcover books
48768Chicago: The Athletic Institute n. d. Ca late 1950s signed by Feller. Color photographic wrap around paper covers stapled. With Feller's "Good Luck / Bob Feller" penned to the bottom of the front cover. General wear. Faint vertical crease to booklet. A VG copy. 79 1 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>"Robert William Andrew Feller nicknamed 'The Heater from Van Meter' 'Bullet Bob' and 'Rapid Robert' was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball MLB for the Cleveland Indians. Feller pitched from 1936 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1956 interrupted by a four-year engagement in the United States Navy. In a career spanning 570 games Feller pitched 3827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162 with 279 complete games 44 shutouts and a 3.25 earned run average ERA. A prodigy who bypassed baseball's minor leagues Feller first played for the Indians at the age of 17. His career was interrupted by four years of military service in World War II during which time he served as Chief Petty Officer aboard USS Alabama. Feller became the first pitcher to win 24 games in a season before the age of 21. During his career he threw no-hitters in 1940 1946 and 1951. Feller also recorded 12 one-hitters his no-hitters and one-hitters were records at the time of his retirement. He helped the Indians win a World Series title in 1948 and an American League-record 111 wins and the pennant in 1954. Feller led the American League in wins six times and in strikeouts seven times. In 1946 he recorded 348 strikeouts a total not exceeded for 19 years. An eight-time All-Star Feller was ranked 36th on Sporting News's list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was named the publication's "greatest pitcher of his time". He was a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999." Scarce in the trade. The Athletic Institute unknown books
19426612baFMexico: Editorial Mexico 1942. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. x 383 pages of text including an index; 22cm. Hardcover binding; cloth spine and pictorial paper boards; paper spine label chipped; corners badly bumped; edges rubbed. 175 illustrations and 40 black & white photos described p. 360-64. Spanish translation of 1940 ed. of Der mensch fliegt. Aviation. Editorial Mexico Hardcover books
19981339699Baltimore: For Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co 1998. Softcover. Octavo; Vols. 1-2 of 4 only; Reprint of edition originally published New York 1907; VG; Paperback; Spine tan with black print; Covers are clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; 2 vols. 402 pages each frontispiece illustrated b&w. 1339699. FP New Rockville Stock. For Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co unknown books
1949S5328In: Quaestiones academicae hodiernae. Varias virorum doctorum exterarum praesertim gentium commentationes in honorem lustri sexagesimi septimi Universitatis Groninganae collegerunt studiosi Groningani. Groningen:: I. B. Wolters 1949. 1949. 242 x 175 mm. 8vo. Pages 45-49. Entire volume: 69 3 pp. Frontis. Printed wrappers; corners bumped small hole in rear cover penetrates last few leaves. Good. I. B. Wolters, 1949. unknown books
20161324861Hoboken: Wiley Bloomberg Press 2016. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine green with white print edgewear but clean and bright; Boards in black paper with silver print wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; viii 278 pages illustrated b&w. 1324861. FP New Rockville Stock. Wiley, Bloomberg Press hardcover books
188328374Boston: Oliver Ditson 1883. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative brown wrappers with titling to spine in black marker. 1 title 2 cast list story and contents 3-280 pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and chipped; partially detached; "No. 506" in black ink and small label to upper; lower wrapper slightly defective; spine worn with loss to head; joints partially split. Slightly browned; some minor staining. First American edition.<br/><br/>Le coeur et la main to a libretto by Nuitter and Beaumont was first performed in Paris at the Nouveautés on October 19 1882.<br/><br/>"Much of Lecocq's music is characterized by a light touch but he could also adopt a more lyrical and elevated style than Offenbach and termed several of his operettas opéras comiques. His greatest popular triumph La fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect impressive building up of extended numbers and typically French shaping of phrases. Oliver Ditson unknown books
197448811New York: DAW Books Inc 1974. 1st printing PBO. Trade paperback. Color pictorial front cover yellow edgestain. Nr Fine. 224 pp. Illustrated by Roy Krenkel. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>"In Tarzan's Africa -- 12000 years ago!" cover blurb. DAW Books, Inc paperback books
1951MMRM1616London:: Guy's Hospital Gazette Committee 1951. 1951. 8vo. 175 1 pp. Color frontis. 5 color plates 66 illus. tables index. Aqua blind-and gilt-stamped cloth dust-jacket; jacket worn. Good. Published almost on the hospital's quasquibicentennial the five essays focus on various aspects of the hospitals history and services: History of Guy's Hospital; The Medical School; The Dental School; Nursing at Guy's; Guy's Hospital in 1948. Guy's Hospital Gazette Committee, 1951. hardcover books
