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19235557New York: The American Art Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Softcover. Displayed title from front cover; title page: Illustrated Catalogue of The Rare and Beautiful ANTIQUE ART TREASURES Many of Which Came From the J. Pierpoint Morgan Spitzer Bardac Maurice Kann and Rodolphe Kann Collections AMERICAN AND FOREIGN GOLD COINS and MANY OPERATIC COSTUMES The Property of the Late ENRICO CARUSO to be sold at unrestricted public sale Cream wrappers over flexible boards 1350 items described many lots illustrated with some in color. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; Heavy catalog and delicate binding often found damaged. Rebacked retaining boards and spine cover though with tiny losses at ends lightly bumped at lower right. Covers edgeworn and a bit grubby a few fingerprints to otherwise unmarked pages. Further protected by 4 mil Mylar cover. . The American Art Association paperback
13685Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A very striking original press photograph of the great tenor lying in state with a young boy looking down into the coffin. Press caption on the verso reads translated from the German: "In honor of Caruso's memory his body which was embalmed at the time of his death and is wonderfully preserved is dressed every three years in the latest fashion. The ceremony which is not widely known to the public is carried out by his closest friends." 5.1 x 7.3 inches.<br>Caruso's body was preserved in a glass sarcophagus at the Del Pianto Cemetery in Naples after his death in 1921 until his wife had his remains sealed in a stone tomb in 1929. unknown books
14343Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A rare and amusing postcard printed with a joke about the 1906 scandal surrounding the great tenor. Printed on the cover is the question "Where did Caruso touch the lady"; a window in the cover opens to show a monkey in a cage with the punchline "In the monkey house." Overall toning; two slight splits to the fold and a small tear at the corner of the window flap; otherwise in very good condition overall. 3.25 x 5.5 inches 8.5 x 14.3 cm.<br>In November of 1906 Caruso had been charged with an indecent act allegedly committed in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo where he was accused of pinching the bottom of a married woman. Caruso claimed a monkey did the bottom-pinching but he was found guilty as charged and fined 10 dollars. The so-called Monkey House Incident with the complicated court case that followed caused a huge scandal with particular outrage among New York's high-society opera-goers. unknown books
2009x-0715637371Duckworth Pub 2009. Hardcover. New. 269 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. Duckworth Pub hardcover
31954229-nnew. unknown
910Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. This pencil drawing of G.K. Chesterton. Famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso was also an accomplished and prolific amateur sketch artist and caricaturist. Comes with authentication letter from James Camner of La Scala Autographs. . paperback
19711484<p>Large quarto un paginated 54 pages printed only on the right-hand page illustrated throughout. Half cloth with stiff wrappers. Tiny bump to top and bottom right corners otherwise fine.</p><p>- First edition. One of 49 numbered and signed copies with a tipped in original signed collage 25x125 cm.</p> La Nuova Foglio s.p.a. hardcover
1916H8242Boston: The Stratford Company 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. 8vo red cloth light wear and soil spine faded. Inscribed on the pastedown to Sidney Lanier Jr. from the translator also signed on the flyleaf "Bravo Lista!" by Enrico Caruso and inscribed also very fondly on the half title to Lanier from the translator "With Compliments of the Country Cobbler and Translator dated January 2nd 1917. The recipient Sidney Lanier Jr. was the son of a famous Confederate poet and musician who died in 1881. Sidney ran an interesting camp in Eliot Maine. According to the website Mainmemories: "At Camp Sidney Lanier in Eliot campers acted out Bible dramas written by Sidney Lanier Jr. 1870-1918 every Sunday in the woods. Lanier using ideas developed by his father poet Sidney Lanier Sr. 1870-1918 attempted to teach children the "art of living." They participated in a strict routine of music crafts nature study and other activities. Children went through a hierarchy of types of social organization to reach the highest form which was spiritual and represented by farm and home. " Finally at the end of the book a blank page is inscribed from Elizabeth Sidney's spouse Lanier to her grandson explaining the connection between Burt the editor of the book and the Lanier family; this inscription is dated 1933. A great association copy of this particular book. We don’t know the circumstances in which Enrico Caruso signed this book other than that Lista and De Amicis were both of Italian extraction and that the tale of the close connection between De Amicis and his dog would have resonated with Caruso who also loved dogs and whose dog Puck often traveled with him. The Stratford Company hardcover
197848730Toronto: Seripress 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Collaborative interarts book by pioneering Canadian sound poet bpNichol and visual artist/printer Barbara Caruso. Issued in an edition of 100 copies this is number 77 signed by bpNichol. The work consists of ten loose leaves seven of which represent a day of the week with 4 blue squares with the blue getting progressively darker each day until getting lighter again by Sunday. The sheets are protected by tissue guards and housed in a white portfolio-style folder with black printed titling. Printing and colouring by Barbara Caruso. Minor water staining to inner flap and top edge with a couple of light spots to the front cover and faint spot to titlepage. Seripress unknown
2015Adhya-9783527335893John Wiley 2015. Paperback. New. John Wiley paperback
2015Adhya-9783527335893John Wiley 2015. Paperback. New. John Wiley paperback
2016759631L'Erma di Bretschneider 2016. 1st. paperback. New. 108x20x144. L'Erma di Bretschneider paperback
196884843c.1968. Original engraving. Printed in black on Fabbiano mold-made paper; sheet size 50cm x 70cm ca 20" x 27"; image area 35cm x 36cm ca. 14" x 14-1/2". Signed in pencil lower right; additionally inscribed "A Giovanni i Gebbe Scianna" i.e. Jonathan & Jean Shahn; titled illegibly lower left. Faint foxing and soil to margins well away from printed area; Near Fine. Edition not stated. <br /> <br /> A striking image by Sicilian painter illustrator and printmaker Bruno Caruso 1927-1918. Much of Caruso's work during the late 1960s and early 1970s was intensely political inspired by social justice movements around the world including anti-colonial movements in Africa the civil rights movement in the U.S. and as here opposition to the Vietnam War. unknown
29380On board with image size ca. 224 x 150 mm. slip of paper with signature ca. 41 x 140 mm. overall size 286 x 203 mm.<br/><br/>Slightly worn and soiled; bleeding to upper portion of letters "E" and "C" of signature. "The winning quality of the sound the tender mezza voce particularly in the early years and his phrasing based on a rare mastery of legato and portamento enabled Caruso to sing the French and Italian lyric repertory as well as lighter operas. In addition his noble incisive declamation his broad generous phrasing and his vigor in dramatic outbursts made him a notable interpreter of Verdi as well as of French grand opéra. In this repertory his performances were characterized by the irresistible erotic appeal of his timbre allied to a temperament as warm and vehement as his voice. His numerous recordings now faithfully remastered on CD not only made him universally famous they also did much to encourage the acceptance of recording as a medium for opera." Rodolfo Celletti and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>An attractive image. unknown books
4433The great tenor writes to his son Rudolfo nicknamed "Fofo" who was in boarding school at the time. On the lower margin of his printed portrait photograph Caruso writes "The car is running very well and when I return you will see it." He signs"Your papa." The postcard also shows Caruso's printed signature. unknown books
1976158764<p>Toronto: Seripress 1976. Edition of 20 numbered copies of which this is copy no. 16. Fine. 8 serigraphs numbered and signed by artist. Tissue guard for each print. Title and series page. In black card folder and white card slipcase. 26 cm. <br /><br />Seripress was intended solely for the publication of concrete and visual poetry. Most of the titles were silkscreened throughout which enabled the artist to use colour if required. When colours were used Caruso mixed them herself. She also cut letters by hand. The hand-cut images and letters were placed on profilm sheets a lacquer gel on plastic to make a stencil which would then be fixed to the silk screen of the press. The pages were hand-printed; Caruso didn't use photo-silkscreen methods. After each title was printed the profilm stencil was dissolved from the screen ensuring the title couldn't be printed again using that plate. Even the folders were handmade by the artist.</p> Seripress
202171409Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors 2021. Very limited edition. Fine. Quarto 32 cm Sewn wraps and leaves of paper pulp made at the Museum of Paper and Watermark. In a salmon-colored cloth covered clamshell box in very good condition with light shelfwear. An exquisite fine press book printed in New Mexico. "La Mano dell'Uomo" celebrates the strengths of the human hand in combination with the human mind's capacity for creativity invention tradition and even harm. Number 17 in an edition limited to only 100 copies.<br /> <br /> From the Introduction-<br /> <br /> "Celebrated in Italy Bruno Caruso 1927-2018 was a Sicilian painter etcher illustrator and writer. A courageous and outspoken stance on social issues of the 20th century earned him worldwide respect. His prolific body of art and writing was arresting in its quality and extent. Caruso's art and books are represented in dozens of American museum and library collections. His 1965 'La Mano dell'Uomo' was published as his New Year greeting. Rare in American collections here it is presented in translation and in reimagined form."<br /> <br /> From the Palace Press website:<br /> <br /> "Palace Press curator Thomas Leech and Lynn Sures an internationally recognized paper artist collaborated on the making of this distinctive limited edition. Following the book to its origin the artists returned to Fabriano Italy a birthplace of European papermaking to produce the sheets required for the edition. During their 2019 residency at the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana The Museum of Paper and Watermark the artists made 900 sheets of paper by hand. Those papers bear historic watermarks from Fabriano's celebrated past. The Press at the Palace of the Governors unknown
1909324828New York: The Metropolitan Company 1909. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Gray printed paper over boards. Bottom inch of the fragile spine lacking offsetting from a clipping on the title page else a very good copy. Scarce. The Metropolitan Company hardcover
BIB-12142215Original Hardcover. Publisher: Arkitektur förlag 1997 Original Hardcover 92 p. ; ill. vissa i färg ; 26 cm Nice condition with evidence of age and use. --- Information regarding the book: Ur innehållet: S 8-40 Church of St Mark Markuskyrkan i Björkhagen utanför Stockholm; S 44-55 Basic Lewerentz; S 59-92 Church of St Peter S.t Petri Kyrka i Klippan hardcover
SLIVCN-9781631176319NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (5/2014)
23549189 x 149 mm 7.5 x 5.75". Dated 1913. Blue pen and wash. <br /> <br /> Slightly worn and foxed especially to verso; creased at upper edge and central fold; remnants of adhesive to upper corners of verso.<br /> <br /> Together with:<br /> A handsome postcard photograph of Caruso seated stylishly dressed with cigarette and cane in hand. 136 x 84 mm. with the name of the photographer's studio Brogi printed to lower right edge of recto the name and London address of the publisher Breitkopf and Härtel and "Printed in Germany" printed to verso. Slightly browned; remnants of adhesive to verso. While Caruso's self-caricatures are possibly the most desirable to opera collectors his often insightful drawings of composers singers conductors etc. are also valuable iconographical records. See Sisca: Caruso's Caricatures NY Dover 1977 for a comprehensive overview of the caricatures.<br /> <br /> "The famous tenor Caruso was a skilled amateur caricaturist who portrayed himself in operatic roles and drew humorous portraits of friends as a release from his stressful professional life. Since 1903 Caruso had lived in New York for part of each year while performing at the Metropolitan Opera and sent opera-related caricatures to La Follia a local Italian-language newspaper." Website of The Metropolitan Opera New York<br /> <br /> "With his original treatment of traditional forms his highly inventive approach to musical drama and his importance as a teacher and writer Paul Dukas occupies a central position in French musical history. Dukas was not only an influence on many French 20th-century composers and others such as Zemlinsky and Berg but also remains important in his own right. His reputation rests on only a small number of compositions notably the Piano Sonata Ariane et Barbe-bleue the ballet La Péri and L'apprenti sorcier. Dukas's influence as a critic from 1892 to 1932 can be compared with Debussy's; his informed opinions reveal great sensitivity to the musical and aesthetic changes that took place during the period." Manuela Schwartz and G.W. Hopkins in Grove Music Online. unknown
41831showing him half length full face 5½" x 3½" no place but Berlin no date circa Rudolf Dührkoop 1848-1918 was a German portrait photographer and one of the leading early representatives of pictorialism. unknown
2024Adhya-9781789247336CABI 2024. Hardcover. New. CABI hardcover
2024Adhya-9781789247336CABI 2024. Hardcover. New. CABI hardcover
1995149323Universal City: Universal Pictures 1995. Two truly striking vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film each demonstrating the film's true aspect ratio. With manuscript pencil and ink annotations regarding layout and the printed label of the film's still photographer Phillip V. Caruso to the verso. Shown in the two photographs are Scorsese working with actors and crew on the expansive casino floor set. Also shown are Robert De Niro Don Rickles Billy Crystal and others. <br /> <br /> Based on screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's 1995 nonfiction book "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas." Martin Scorsese's fifteenth film one of his finest a fast-paced bloody tale following a low-level mobster and gambling expert who climbs to power at the Mafia-run Tangiers Casino in the 1970s.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Las Vegas with casino scenes shot at the Riviera.<br /> <br /> 10 x 8 inches. Fine. <br /> <br /> Spicer US Neo-Noir. Universal Pictures unknown