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198914592Japan: Kyoto Shoin International 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Unpaginated. Brief text in English and Japanese by Peter Schjeldahl. Illustrated with many full-page color photographs. Dance as painting. A near fine copy in illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Kyoto Shoin International hardcover books
1965951New York: Viking Press 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Illus. Folio. <br/><br/>The Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York. Viking Press hardcover books
1983313841983. Image size 556 x 352 mm overall size 630 x 430 mm. On glossy dark red stock. <br/><br/>From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934.<br/><br/>Edges slightly worn; verso of mount foxed. "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
196527407New York NY: Robert Joffrey Ballet Company 1965. First Edition. Comb. Good. First Edition. 56 pages plus covers. Variously paginated. Illustrated with half tones. White comb binding. Minor staining and creasing. Spine comb is broken in several places. Still sound. Comb. What we take to be the 1964-1965 program for the Robert Joffrey Ballet. With detailed information on the previous few years activities a full page advertisement for the 1964-65 school year noting the faculty members and Joffrey's association with the American Ballet Center in NYC. While the production values are very basic the piece could have been used for fundraising prospective students and anyone interested in the Joffrey Ballet. Scarce with no copies available that we could find as of this listing. [ Robert Joffrey Ballet Company ] unknown books
1947005156New York: Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo 1947. Sergei Denham director. Cover art by Jean de Botton. Near Fine wrappers lightly rubbed. Laid in is performance program dated Jan. 16 1948 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance at Page Auditorium Duke University. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo Paperback books
1984151105N.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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. International Spectrafilm Distribution unknown books
191934015Milano: G. Ricordi & C. 1919. Octavo. original publisher's purplie wrappers titled in ivory. 1f. recto title verso copyright 1f. cast list verso blank 5-19 pp.<br/><br/>Publisher's blindstamp dated February 2 1919. <br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and creased; "18" in red pencil to upper. Uniformly browned. First Edition. <br/><br/>"As a composer Pick-Mangiagalli excelled in light ballet music: already in Il salice d'oro there is a pleasing if facile tunefulness combined with Viennese dance rhythms and spiced with harmonies and orchestration reminiscent of Strauss and Ravel. In Il carillon magico Pick-Mangiagalli's most successful stage work this promise reached fulfilment: though slight the style is recognizably personal with frequent unrelated triads chromatic slithers unusually placed augmented triads and diminished 7th chords and so on. Musical means are perfectly matched to dramatic context." John C.G. Waterhouse in Grove Music Online. G. Ricordi & C. unknown books
193614000New York: Nicolas Publishing Co 1936. First edition. Paperback. Good . Tall quarto. Unpaginated. Program guide for the 1936 - 37 season for S. Hurok's Ballets Russes. Filled with photographs advertisements and descriptions of coming events and the players involve. Covers worn. A good to very good copy in tall illustrated stapled wrappers. <br/><br/> Nicolas Publishing Co paperback books
195727822London 1957. Quarto. Wrappers. 72 pp. <br/><br/>With short historical articles synopses of ballets and their productions and repertory list. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and occasional colour photographs of performers several of which are autographed by their subjects including Margot Fonteyn Svetlana Beriosova Nadia Nerina Maryon Lane and Kenneth Alwyn conductor. unknown books
1927503491<p>Half-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.</p><p>Flohri 1893-1974 opera singer; screen credit "Alibi" 1929.</p> unknown books
194118141New York: Norton 1941. First edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover. 8vo. 305 pp. Inscribed of the front free endpage to Rudolf Bing Austrian-born opera impresario who worked in Germany the United Kingdom and the United States most notably being General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972.  "To Mr. Rudolf Bing with all best wishes for his important work "The Opera and its Future in America" from Hubert Graf / New York X-Mas 1949."  Blue cloth binding sunned and stained with tears and wear to corners internally fine. <br style=""><br><br><br /><br style=""> Norton hardcover books
1940296841940. 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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>"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 hewitthenryrayner.co.uk. unknown books
1999008664New York: Alfred Knopf 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this 426 pp book of photographs and text by Suki Schorer on Balanchine's dance technique. A near fine oversize clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Suki as well as SIGNED BY SEVEN MEMBERS of the New York Ballet including Dana Hauson Peter Boal and others. Unique copy. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Alfred Knopf hardcover books
1967134377New 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
1940296831940. Image size 200 x 174 mm. sheet size 284 x 217 mm. Signed in the stone "H. Rayner" and with monogram; also signed in pencil below platemark at lower right with "copyright 1940" in pencil to lower right margin. Printed in olive green-toned ink on wove paper. 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. <br/><br/>"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 hewitthenryrayner.co.uk. unknown books
1954231274New York. : Ballet Theatre Foundation. 1954. . Stapled wrap. Very light soiling and light wear to covers otherwise a very good copy. . 4to. Signed by Igor Youskevich Alicia Alonso John Kriza Melissa Hayden Roy Fitzell and Job Sanders on their respective photographs. Program for 1954 series at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House laid in. Numerous photographs of the performers. Ballet Theatre Foundation. unknown books
1966168101966. Very good. Poster measuring 14" x 18.25" approx. mounted on stiff card likely contemporaneous with original printing likely for lobby or similar display. Possibly trimmed at lower edge; we've seen versions with venue info below. Printed offset in black and blue. Vertical creases from folding. Corners bumped. Very minor toning. Toning and tape at verso. <br/><br/>Poster advertising the Harkness Ballet a company founded by Standard Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness in 1964. From early in the company's history with George Skibine as artistic director. The Harness Ballet performed primarily in Europe before opening its own theater in New York with a company including Alvin Ailey and other avant-garde choreographers. A scarce piece of ephemera from this important troupe. unknown books
1927D12058Milan 1927. Ephemera. Very Good. Broadside advertisements for the performance of "Piccolo Harem" at Teatro Manzoni 4 large printed in color; 7 handwritten letters by Costa 5 of them signed with content related to the drama; 78-pp. typescript of the play in French "Petit Harem" signed by Costa; and 7 contemporary newspapers containing reviews. Condition is VG or better. The broadsides are particularly striking -- some flattened creases from folding but boldly designed and colors remain bright would display nicely. <br/><br/> unknown books
1983149602N.p.: Sara Films 1983. Vintage reference photograph from the 1983 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du cinema. Sara Films unknown books
1986150041Paris: Interpress 1986. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Marushka Detmers from the 1983 film. Later printed French Interpress announcement with typos on verso. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Godard Histoires du Cinema. Interpress unknown books
1950285American Ballet Theatre <i>Metropolitan Opera House October 8 to November 5 S. Hurok Presents Fall Victory Season of Russian Ballet by the Ballet Theatre with Massine Gollner Kaye Laing Chase Hightower Petroff Karnilova Romanoff J. Reed Tudor Kriza Alonso Orloff Robbins Lang R. Reed. Guest Artists: Anton Dolin Riabouchinska Youskevitch Lichine Eglevsky Argentinita Pilar Lopez & Co. and by Special Arrangement Tamara Toumanova. Antal Dorati Musical Director Mois Zlatin Associate Director. </i>A snake-broadside 79 cm x 7 cm announcing the repertory for performances at the Metropolitan Opera from October 8 to November 5 1950. While there is no year published on this broadside George Balanchine's <i>Waltz Academy </i>had its world and New York premieres on October 5 and 11 1944 respectively and <i>Pas de Deux </i>had its premiere on April 9 1946 featuring Alicia Alonzo and Andre Eglevsky. Sunday fell on October 8 and 22 only in 1950 and 1944. This surviving snake-broadside is folded and in pristine condition. Blue ink on cream paper. A rare surviving ephemeral document listing the repertory and legendary dancers of Ballet Theatre in the years immediately following World War II. S. Hurok books
1930144431930. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Fine condition. Image 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches matted and framed to 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches overall. 1 vols. Inscribed Photograph of Kirsten Flagstad. An attractive image showing the great Wagnerian soprano in street clothes seated. unknown books
1916301509New York: Metropolitan Ballet Company 1916. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst one doublepage eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. String-sewn into stiff printed gilt embossed wrappers including original advert tipped to inside rear cover. Covers at bit ragged at edges lower corner of front wrapper missing. Very good. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst one doublepage eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. A fragile souvenir of the first United States tour in 1916 of Diaghileff's now legendary Ballet Russe. Metropolitan Ballet Company unknown books
196088091<p><b>CULTURAL REVOLUTION MODEL OPERA</b></p><p>Manuscript Ledger Master Inventory: General Record of Stage Props for a traveling Chinese theatrical repertory company introducing Revolutionary Opera into its program including costs for creating silk stage props sets costumes and scenery with various paper slip receipts some loose dated from 1963 to 1969. Oblong album measuring 7-3/4 x 10-5/8 inches contents with 20 numbered leaves of double-sided ruled ledger; bound in brown cloth-backed plain light blue paper board with lettered pink paper label decorative pattern endpapers originally with ribbon-tied spine now lost contents loose.</p><p>Includes entries for the revolutionary opera <i>Taking Tiger Mountain</i> 1968 with one entry bearing signature of Wang Xiu Wen dated 12 September 1967. Includes a pink silk armband laid into the album inscribed "Mei Ying Shan" which could be translated as Huaying Mountain. </p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cjE0LDNycE8</p><p>There is also reference to a 1961 novel which the Bejing Film Studio made into a movie called <i>Lie Huo Zhong Yong Sheng</i> Living Forever in Burning Flame its IMDB title translated as <i>Red Crag</i> based partly on fact by Chinese authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan former inmates in a Kuomintang prison in Sichuan. It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War 1949 and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang. The story takes place in Huaying Mountain.</p> hardcover books
199914955JAbsecon: MagicImage 1999. First Edition First Printing. Laid in is an Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Philbin co-star with Lon Chaney Sr. in the classic film written to the book’s author Philip J. Riley. Dated September 11 1989 Philbin writes: “Dear Mr Riley: I am sorry about the delay in returning the book and papers. I would appreciate eleven complimentary copies of The Phantom of the Opera book or if you cannot then as many as possible. Thank you Mary Philbinâ€. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed envelope from Philbin’s home in Los Angeles. Philbin died before the book was published so this is as close as one can come to a signed copy. Large 317 page paperbound book. Profusely illustrated. Near fine copy enclosed in a handsome morocco leather and cloth clamshell box. MagicImage hardcover books
