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1980104012Boston MA: David R. Godine 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 32 color and 15 duotone photographs. A clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some rubbing and a minor amount of edge wear. David R. Godine unknown books
1981027708Morengo Valley California: Sagebrush Press 1981. First Edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 475 copies. The present copy is number 94. 591pp. This was Purcell's work in honor of Merle Armitage whose book designs using southwestern motifs which were incorporated whether he was writing on Stravinsky George Gershwin Martha Graham or Schoenberg. Here is a fine copy with the original clear mylar cover signed with a letter from Daniel Cronkite who with his wife Janet opened the Sagebrush Press Book Shop in 1991 to Russ Todd the legendary bookseller on themes of Mexico and the Southwest. The letter describes the book with a flyer enclosed here noting it is there most elaborate book yet and finally noting he hopes to see Russ at the UCLA book fair. Also laid in are maps showing region where Isabelle and Merle Amritage and others had their abodes. A very nice copy with some nice history from those involved with publishing. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over yellow paper covered boards lettered and decorated in red and black. A fine copy. Sagebrush Press unknown books
198162828Morongo Valley California: Sagebrush Press 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 59 p. Frontispiece portrait with 16 pp. photographs and illustrations. First edition #100 of 475 copies. This copy is signed by Purcell on the half-title. Among other things Armitage 1893-1975 was an avant-garde book designer the local administrator of various federal art projects and one of the country's most successful theater impresarios. Tall octavo. Original printed yellow paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine. A fine copy in the original acetate dust jacket. Signed by Author. Sagebrush Press hardcover books
19639007374Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Previous owner's name stamped in ink on the bottom edge. <br/><br/> Wesleyan University Press hardcover books
18967788NY: Christian Press 1896. 4th edn revised and corrected. small 8vo 35. Some worn wraps. Purcell was the Archbishop of Cincinnati. Christian Press unknown books
28797Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Westminster 1954. 319 pages clothbound no jacket very good condition. . Other hardcover books
1999101859Oxford: Oxford University Press 1999. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 124-147. Article in "The Library" Sixth Series Volume XXI No. 2 June 1999. Minor wear. Oxford University Press unknown books
198834266NY: Crescent Books 1988. First printing. 4to pages not numbered. Color photographs of Shaker buildings and artifacts from several different Shaker sites. Some explanatory text. Boards slightly warped o/w a nice copy in dj. Crescent Books unknown books
2006161436London: Phaidon Press Limited 2006. Hardcover. G. Light gray boards shades of gray striped dust jacket in mylar cover 292 pp. BW and color illus. Showcases the work of Swiss graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann 1914-1996 "the father of functional objective design and an influential figure for generations of designers around the world. This book traces Müller-Brockmann's life from his childhood through his early training rarely seen designs for the theater famous posters for the Zurich art scene corporate design work for clients like IBM and finally his efforts to educate young designers. . Extensively illustrated with completed works period photography rare sketches concept drawings and personal photos." dj. Phaidon Press Limited hardcover books
194452257New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good. 1944. Hardcover. New York: The Vanguard Press 1944. Some slight toning around page edges else a clean Very Good copy in a Very Good DJ with some chipping at edges and spine ends. . The Vanguard Press hardcover books
196527972New York: Broude Brothers PN 221 1965. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative wrappers. i title i blank i-iv preface 1-8 libretto i contents i blank 89 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn; titling to spine in black marker; spine slightly defective at head and tail. Minor tears to upper margin of first several leaves. Broude Brothers [PN 221] unknown books
192427751New York: Wiener Philharmonischer PN 415 1924. Octavo. Original publisher's grey printed wrappers. 1 title 2 blank 3 characters 4 contents 5-88 i blank pp. Text in English and German with French manuscript translations to three songs in blue ink. <br/><br/>Wrappers somewhat worn; small portions of spine lacking at head and tail. "Generally acknowledged as the greatest English opera composer Purcell wrote only one true opera Dido and Aeneas. Possessed of an unparalleled genius for setting the English language Purcell was also unerring in his depiction of human passions; in Dido and Aeneas he created a musical tragedy of unsurpassed pathos and concision." Curtis Price in Grove Music Online. Wiener Philharmonischer [PN 415] unknown books
192528001London: Oxford 1925. Octavo. i title ii-iii preface iv-viii costuming and scenes 1 cast list 2-87 i blank pp.<br/><br/>Occasional performance notations in pencil.<br/><br/>Lacking wrappers. Slightly worn; remnants of tape to title and final page. Oxford unknown books
196832348London: Novello 1968. DART Thurston ed. Novello unknown books
169836257London: J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford 1698. Folio. Attractively bound in full dark brown contemporary panelled calf. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. dedication to "The Lady Howard" iii "The Bookseller to the Reader" vi-vi tributes to Purcell 1f. recto "A Table of the Songs" verso publisher's catalogue 248 pp. Watermark of a large circular shield. Title printed in red and black. Numerous decorative woodcut initials.<br/><br/>Armorial bookplate to front pastedown "Arma comitis de bradford / Weston Library.<br/><br/>Contains a total of 81 songs by Purcell. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; rebacked; endpapers worn foxed and stained; hinges reinforced with paper tape. Minor to moderate browning most noticeable to final four leaves; pp. 166-67 misnumbered 165-66; several page numbers trimmed. Lacking frontispiece portrait of Purcell.<br/><br/>A very good copy overall. First Edition. Zimmerman 1698d. Day & Murrie 166. BUC p. 859. RISM P5979.<br/><br/>"Purcell was a prolific contributor to all the main genres of secular vocal music current in 17th-century England. He has always been particularly admired as a song composer. Generations of English musicians got to know his music from the two posthumous song volumes Orpheus Britannicus . and Henry Playford wrote in the preface to the first volume that he had 'a peculiar Genius to express the energy of English Words whereby he mov'd the Passions of all his Auditors' while Henry Hall added in a poem that he 'Each Syllable first weigh'd or short or long / That it might too be Sense as well as Song'." Peter Holman et al. in Grove Music Online. J. Heptinstall, for Henry Playford unknown books
196532376Ridgewood N.J.: Gregg Press 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes.<br/>Facsimile reprint of the edition: London Printed by W. Pearson for S.H. and sold by J. Young 1721. Gregg Press hardcover books
194028005London: Novello PN 11233 1940. Octavo. Original publisher's decorative wrappers. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto contents verso preface extract 54 ii blank pp.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn. Novello [PN 11233] unknown books
192445872Wien: Wiener Philharmonischer 1924. Large 8vo pp. 88. Vocal score only in German and English. A typed commentary on the work by Vincent Jones laid in. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat chipped corners slightly dog-eared o/w a VG tight copy. Wiener Philharmonischer unknown books
192746092London: Walsh Holmes 1927. Large 4to pp. 71. Paper wraps. Frontis portrait. Owner's name on cover and title. Illustrated wtih some facsimiles. Cover slightly worn at edges corners slightly dog-eared a little foxing o/w VG. Walsh Holmes unknown books
1906219188London: Novello & Co 1906. paperback. very good-. Volume XVI Dramatic Music Part I. 222 pages. Folio rebacked in brown cloth original wrappers soiled. London: Novello & Co. 1906. Nice clean text with a few penciled annotations.<br/><br/> Novello & Co unknown books
1916013878Chicago: Scott Foresman and Company 1916. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 197 pages of text. Original maroon hardcover binding with minor to moderate shelfwear and rubbing. No dustjacket. A few pages with old marginalia. No edition stated. Previous owner's names neatly on both the front and the rear endpapers. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Scott, Foresman and Company Hardcover books
1971MMRM1297Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins Press 1971. 1971. 8vo. viii 2 238 pp. Index. Pale-olive cloth. Very good. ISBN: 0801812704 9780801812705 Macy Foundation series on international medical education issues. A survey of global medical education practices and history. Included are transcripts of an international conference presentation on medical education featuring medical students and interns from Europe Asia Africa and the Americas. Johns Hopkins Press, 1971. hardcover books
1823214259London: I. Dickinson 1823. unbound. very good. View. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 6.75" x 10.5".<br/><br/> Little is known about this charming lithograph depicting two horses and their riders at a hunt with the hounds leading the way. Minor wear and aging to edges and margins. Lower right corner has slight crease. Small tear to bottom edge.<br/><br/> I. Dickinson unknown books
1995UPURPAI00efNorth Light 1995. Very Good. Purcell Carl. Painting With Your Artist's Brain. Cincinnati: North Light 1995. 127pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. North Light hardcover books
59028New York: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Half of title page torn out 184 pages ex-lib good. . Other hardcover books
