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14051Original Albumen photographic print of 19th century Paris. In the foreground several carriages are crossing paths in front of the Paris Opera. Circa 1880s. by X.phot. as credited in the title bar. A superb image capturing a period of time in 19th century Paris. 8" x 11". A sharp clean image. In excellent condition. 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
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
180831530Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud 1808. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary blue morocco-backed boards maroon morocco label. Some rubbing some light spotting and soiling primarily margina else very good. Frontispiece by Bagury after S. Myrie half-title. 1 vols. 12mo. A poem written in praise to the two male dancers Vestris and Duport. Chez Giguet et Michaud unknown books
30299Firenze n.d. Hand-coloured engraving of the exterior of the Teatro San Carlo. 235 x 305 mm. A 20th century re-impression of the 19th century original with "Correction du dessin et imprimé par l'Editrice PV 200" printed to corners just below image. Matted framed and glazed. <br/><br/>From the collection of Marilyn Horne b. 1934. A distinguished American mezzo-soprano "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
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
187431443Brighton England: T. Phillips 1874. Large narrow folio ca. 760 x 250 mm. <br/><br/>Works to be performed included Auber's "Caterina" Balfe's "Il Talismano" and Mozart's "Don Giovanni." With an announcement of the Christmas pantomime "Froggy Would a Wooing Go! Or Harlequin Lily White Duck The Pretty Princess and the Fairies of the Dancing Waters."<br/><br/>Notable performers included Costa Catalani Grazzi Casaboni Roze Singelli and Titiens. <br/><br/>Slightly worn and torn; lower right corner repaired; creased at folds. T. Phillips 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
188356458Providence 1883. Folio broadside approx. 13" x 5¾" text in a single column beneath the running head; light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish drama in three acts made for the benefit of the Brownson Lyceum as well as a synopsis of each of the three acts and seat prices. The Irish poet Oscar Wilde had lectured at Low's the preceding September. <br/><br/> unknown 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
4451290 pp. compendium of essays texts lists of producers and designers lists of works with prices and other material pertaining to a national competition intended to spur new designs for furniture a wide array of functional and decorative objects and interior decor for middle class homes in Italy between the wars approx. 65 photographic illustrations on plates showing objects 6 pp. of advertisements in rear. 8vo. Orig. dec. wrpps. top of spine chipped. Rome 1928. Bollettino Ufficiale dell' Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro 11/12. All of the material was exhibited at the Esposizione Nazionale in Rome. As of June 2015 WorldCat locates only one holding in North America. unknown books
14432LONDON GRAMOPHONE 1921. REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION VERY GOOD. LONDON, GRAMOPHONE, 1921 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
12406Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An evocative image dated 1904 and signed lower right in an unknown hand not Chaliapin!. Fine. Approx 9 x 14 cm. unknown books
188756496N.p. Providence 1887. Folio broadside approx. 12" x 4¾" text in a single column beneath the running head light toning very good. Listing the cast of characters for this Irish comedy in four acts a summary of which is appended as well as a list of the Providence Opera House Orchestra and an announcement of two matinees Atkinson's Aphrodite and Peck's Bad Boy. <br/><br/> unknown books
1873360111873. GOUNOD<br/>Faust. Opera 5 felvonásban. Göthe Után irták Barbier Gyula és Carré Mih. Forditotta Ormai. Zenéje Gounod Károlytól. Pest: Nyomatott Emich Gusztáv 1864. <br/>Octavo. Plain dark pink wrappers. 35 pp.<br/>Faust was Performed in Hungary for the first time on 2 September 1863. <br/><br/>MEYERBEER<br/>Proféta. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Egressy Bèni ès Szerdahelyi. Zenéjét szerzé Meyerbeer. Pest: Nyomatott Herz Jánosnál 1856.<br/>Octavo. Plain light green wrappers. 3 pp.<br/>Le Prophete was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 June 1850.<br/><br/>MEYERBEER<br/>Hugonotok. Nagy opera öt felvonásban. Irta Scribe. Forditotta Nádaskai Lajos. Zenéjét Mayerbeer!. Pesten: Nyomatott Lukács Lászlónál 1852.<br/>Octavo. Plain ivory wrappers. 48 pp. <br/>Les Huguenots was performed in Hungary for the first time on 6 November 1852. <br/><br/>THOMAS<br/>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.<br/>Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 36 pp.<br/>Mignon was performed in Hungary for the first time on 20 September 1873.<br/><br/>WAGNER<br/>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.<br/>Octavo. Original publisher's light blue wrappers with titling within decorative border. 20 pp.<br/>Tannhäuser was performed in Hungary for the first time on 11 March 1871.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Some browning and foxing. From the first or early performances of these operas in Hungary. unknown books
503462<p>8" x 10". Half-length pose by John E. Reed Hollywood signed and inscribed to Joseph Huntley. Very good.</p><p>Signed and inscribed to African-American usher and autograph collector Joseph Huntley.</p><p>Bliss 1917-2014 soprano; in various operettas on Broadway. One film credit.</p> 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
P002834Havana Cuba: Imp. "Marti" 1941. Octavos 23 à 15.5 cm. Single folded leaves printed to rectos and versos; 4 pp. each. Very good. Three programs for performances in Cuba of the Original Ballet Russe a ballet company established in 1932 by René Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil as successor to Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes founded in 1909. A disagreement between De Basil and Blum resulted in the company's split in 1936. De Basil's "Original Ballet Russe" retained such famous dancers as Riabouchinska David Lichine and Roman Jasinski and traveled extensively throughout Europe and America. In March 1941 the company arrived in Havana where it was enthusiastically met but the season was marred by a labor strike and the De Basil's inability to adequately pay the company. As a result many dancers lingered in the Cuban capital for months and were forced to take on other jobs including appearances in nightclubs to survive. The season included works such as Fokine's "Les Sylphides" "Paganini" "Prince Igor" "Petrouchka" "Sheherazade" and Massine's "Symphonie Fantastique" "Les Presages" and "Le Beau Danube.". unknown books
15503Foreign Languages Press Peking 1973. 8vo. 39pp. Colour illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations inside. The Red Detachment of Women Chinese: 红色娘å军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzÇ jÅ«n is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution. It is best known in the West as the ballet performed for U.S. President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in February 1972. In very good condition. unknown 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
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
24428Small quarto. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers printed in light purple stapled. 16 pp. <br/><br/>With synopses of the 9 ballets in the repertory Les Présages Le Beau Danube La Concurrence Scuola di Ballo Le Lac des Cygnes Beach Prince Igor Petrouchka and Nocturne notes the works to be performed each day between August 14th and August 26th principals and soloists and orchestral players listed by instruments. <br/><br/>A printed revised list of works to be performed on a smaller sheet laid in; one work has been crossed out in manuscript with another added in its place. 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
186432020Pest: Rozsavölgyi & Comp. PN N.G. 1051-1075 1864. Folio. Publisher's original wrappers. 1f. decorative lithographed title by Langen 3-146 pp. Engraved. Each work with separate caption title and pagination. <br/><br/>25 overtures for solo piano:<br/>Auber: Fra Diavolo<br/>Auber: Der Maskenball. Báléj<br/>Auber: Die Stumme von Portici. Portici néma<br/>Beethoven: Coriolan<br/>Beethoven: Egmont<br/>Beethoven: Fidelio<br/>Beethoven: Leonore 1805<br/>Beethoven: Leonore 1806<br/>Beethoven: Prometheus<br/>Bellini: Norma<br/>Bellini: Der Pirat. Piráták<br/>Bellini: Die Puritaner. Puritánusok<br/>Bellini: Romeo et Julia<br/>Bellini: Die Nachtwandlerin. Alva járó<br/>Bellini: La Straniera<br/>Boildieu: Johann von Paris. Párisi János<br/>Boildieu: Die weisse Dame. Fehér Nő<br/>Cherubini: Lodoiska<br/>Cherubini: Der Wasserträger. A vizhordó<br/>Donizetti: Belisar<br/>Donizetti: Der Liebestrank. Bájital<br/>Donizetti: Lucia von Lammermoor<br/>Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia<br/>Gluck: Alceste<br/>Gluck: Armida<br/><br/>Wrappers worn and frayed; tape repairs to corners; spine reinforced with paper tape; previous owner's handstamp and ink titling to upper. Light foxing and offsetting throughout. Mona 1925. Rozsavölgyi & Comp. [PN N.G. 1051-1075] unknown books
