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1390450120.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1925309392New York 1925. 1-1/2 pp. on personal letterhead. 8vo. Old folds else fine. 1-1/2 pp. on personal letterhead. 8vo. Reading in part: "Many thanks for your interest in my career. It's greatly appreciated . you are indeed very sweet." Born in San Antonio Texas operatic tenor Rafaelo Diaz 183-1943 was known as the "Lone Star Tenor of the Lone Star State." Praised for the depth and richness of his voice Diaz performed lead tenor roles with the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1917-1936. <br/><br/> unknown
1985100069<p>New York October 8 1985. 1985. Fine. - Over 30 words penned on her embossed 4-1/8 inch high by 6-1/8 inch wide personal postcard stock. The actress Kitty Carlisle thanks her good friend City Center producer Jean Dalrymple "What a good friend you are! I will follow the prescription to the letter & pray that its sic not too late!!" Signed "Kitty". The card is addressed in her hand on the verso and postmarked from New York on October 8 1985. Fine.</p><p>Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999 Kitty Carlisle Hart 1910-2007 was an American stage & screen actress opera singer and television personality. A spokesperson for the arts she served on the New York State Council for the Arts for 20 years. Kitty Carlisle played the leading lady opposite Groucho in the Marx Brothers movie "A Night at the Opera" and regularly appeared on "To Tell the Truth".</p><p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.</p> New York, (October 8), 1985.
11562Hood's letter: On letterhead of Osborne Isle of Wight. 8 January 1891. Mrs Gye's draft reply: without place or date. Both items good on lightly-aged paper. Rosa Hood's sister Adelaide Fanny was the wife of Herbert F. Gye and letter and reply are written informally. Hood's letter: 3pp. 12mo. She received Mrs Gye's letter that morning 'and the Queen has read it' and is 'quite pleased with your reply'. 'The Queen desired me to assure you that she had never for a moment supposed that you were responsible for the article in the newspaper - only the Queen thought it was better to have the matter mentioned to you - especially as it might be copied into other papers.' The Queen also thinks that Mrs Gye should 'have some contradiction put in the Paper'. Mrs Gye's draft reply: 2pp. 12mo. She writes that she cannot express her relief at the contents of Hood's letter. 'Since your first letter the thought that Her Majesty would be displeased about it has troubled me very much - therefore you can imagine how delighted I am to find the Queen did not imagine I was responsible.' She has 'written to Church Journal to deny the authorship of the article and ask them to publish it'. Hood's letter: On letterhead of Osborne [Isle of Wight]. 8 January 1891. Mrs Gye's draft reply: without place or date. unknown
11697New York. 27 February 1895. 1p. 4to. Fair on lightly-aged paper with unobtrusive closed tears along crease lines. 'Mr. Ben Fack Falk the photographer will I am sure give you such a photograph of me as you may select from the assortment he has if you inform him of your business.' She asks him to send her a sample if 'the tumblers prove a success as far as my likeness is concerned . If I like it I will possibly order a quantity.' New York. 27 February 1895. unknown
34689Very good. - Two bars of music penned with the lyric "We are be-trothed" on a 3 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide sheet of buff paper. Signed in full "Frederic Solomon". Once mounted into an album the corners are torn with remnants of paper & glue adhering to the corners of the verso. <p>The American composer of comic operas & songs Frederic Solomon was the author of several compositions including "Cunnin Ain't it A Satirical! Comical! Topical!" 1887 "Beggar's Keepsake" 1893 "Temptation is hard to resist" 1893 "King Kaliko" an 1892 comic opera with libretto by Frank Dupree. unknown
1977100072March 5 1977. 1977. Fine. - One-and-a-half pages with over 85 words penned on both sides of 10-3/8 inch high by 7-1/8 inch wide creamy white paper. The Opera director and producer tells Jean Dalrymple that he'd "be delighted to hear Jay Willoughby. However I'm off to San Francisco very shortly for Carmen". He asks if Willoughby could contact him when he's back. He goes on to invite Jean to the "second set of performances May 19-22 - featuring the first performance of Dominick Argento's monologue A Water Bird Talk and an incredible chamber opera written in Theresienstadt concentration camp - The Emperor of Atlantis." Signed in full "Ian Strasfogel". Folded for mailing the edges are very faintly darkened. Near fine. <p>The one-act opera "The Emperor of Atlantis or The Disobedience of Death" Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung was composed by Viktor Ullmann and Peter Kien while interned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. It was not allowed to be performed and the script was not finished until the 1970s. The poet Aaron Kramer prepared an English translation which the San Francisco Spring Opera Theater first performed in April 1977 and which had its New York premiere at the New Opera Theatre of the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 19 1977. The world premiere of Dominic Argento's "A Water Bird Talk" also took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that same evening.<p>The opera director and producer Ian Strasfogel born 1940 was the author of several plays screenplays and librettos and of a novel titled "Operaland". Strasfogel directed over 100 productions throughout Europe and North America and frequently collaborated with Gyorgy Ligeti Luciano Berio Bruno Maderna Hans Werner Henze and Otto Piene.<p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. March 5, 1977. unknown
1886100911<p>November 21 1886. 1886. Good. - Franco Novara's autograph boldly penned on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/2 inch card stock clipped from an album and mounted onto slightly larger card stock. Signed and dated "Franco Novara / 21. Nov. 1886. / New York". Mounted on the verso of the mount is the pianist Madeline Schiller's autograph penned on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide card stock signed "Very Sincerely / Madeline Schiller". There is offsetting to the card signed by Novara and remnants of paper adhere to the right edge of the card bearing Schiller's signature with some offsetting along the left edge of that card. Good.</p><p>The English bass Francis Naish sang under the stage name Francis Novara 1859-1899. He was known for his performance as the devilish Mephistopheles in Gounod's "Faust" which opened on October 22 1883 as the first opera in the Metropolitan Opera's first season.</p><p>The English-born pianist Madeline Schiller 1843-1911 went to Leipzig to study with Ignaz Moscheles making her debut there with Mendolssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 on January 23 1862. She returned to London to perform there as well as Australia. She married Marcus Elmer Bennett of Boston and moved to the United States in 1873 performing in New York. She returned to Europe for a while after her husband's death mostly in France before returning to New York to perform the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 where she remained.</p> November 21, 1886.
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68-6382London UK: Royal English Opera House 1892. B&W Photograph on Blank Post Card. 14 x 9 cm. Very Good. En Francais.Provenance:Colette Monceau born Nancey 1921-2016. Biographical note: born in Nice in 1921 Colette Monceau was a student of Charles Dullin in the second half of the forties and played in several plays during the same period. At the end of the 1950s she took courses at Pierre Foix's school of graphology in Paris and worked in particular on dance as part of the exam for the Group of Consulting Graphologists of France. Having become a consultant graphologist she also teaches this technique. Particularly interested in the writings of Louis Jouvet and Sarah Bernhardt she wrote three works that remained unpublished as well as several articles. It constitutes a thousand files devoted to actors and actresses as well as personalities from varied backgrounds. Colette Monceau née Nancey 1921-2016. Notice biographique : née à Nice en 1921 Colette Monceau est élève de Charles Dullin dans la seconde moitié des années quarante et joue dans plusieurs pièces à cette même période. À la fin des années cinquante elle suit les cours de l’école de graphologie de Pierre Foix à Paris et travaille notamment sur la danse dans le cadre de l'examen du Groupement des graphologues conseils de France. Devenue graphologue-conseil elle enseigne également cette technique. S'intéressant notamment aux écritures de Louis Jouvet et de Sarah Bernhardt elle rédige trois ouvrages restés inédits ainsi que plusieurs articlesExpertise by Daniel BRUKARZ Expert auprès de la CEA. Paris. London, UK: Royal English Opera House, [1892]. unknown
8658B.Brumana G. Ciliberti - Orvieto una Cattedrale e la sua Musica - Olschki Firenze; 1990 pp. 422. Un'ampia monografia dedicata alla cattedrale della famosa città umbra. - - Per appassionati studiosi e collezionisti unknown
HALL512161Paperback. 64pp 4to card covers illustrated throughout some in colour London 1956. Contains details of 13 ballet productions. Silver covers slightly rubbed. . paperback
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18448333London. David Bogue. 1844. Lavishly bound in sumptuous tri-gilt ruled full crimson calfskin. Gilt tooled fleurette motifs to corners of front and rear covers. Elaborate gilt ruled spine compartments with intensely ornate gilt tooled fleural vignettes. Gilt tooled raised bands. Decorative gilt tooled and titled morocco label. Elaborate and ornate paneled turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. 4to. 7.25" x 10.75". The First Edition. Illustrated with ten full page illuminated steel plate engravings and further throughout by various wood engravings en texte. Elaborate multi-chromatic decorative borders to each page. A Fabulous production detailing the mid-Victorian Opera and Ballet featuring plate engravings of notable singers dancers and productions. With its high gloss engravings whimsical en texte woodcuts and highly stylized colour page borders this volume represents one of the finest examples of Victorian book design. Niles and Leslie V1-225; Moroda-1272. Some darkening and/or mild scuffing to covers. Hinges present previous repairs but are tight and firm. Corners gently bumped. Head and tail pieces lightly chipped. A very Good copy of this breathtaking work. David Bogue. hardcover
1920020126New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1920. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine/Good DJ. Portraits of Mary Garden and Rosina Galli. 271 Pp 4 Pp Catalog Of Huneker's Books At End. Clean Hinges Tight Gilt Bright No Names Or Marks. Dj With 3/4" To 1" Irregular Hole At Left Center Of Front Panel With Loss Of Some Of Cover Blurb Text Small Chips And Tears At Corners And Edges Without Further Loss 1" Diameter Damp Spot On Spine Adjacent To The Large Hole Very Large Damp Spot On Part Of Upper Spine And Mostly In Center Top Of Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
2016F8724China Intercontinental Press. 2016. Paperback. Fine. A fine set in a fine slip case ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 0 pages . 7508533399 . China Intercontinental Press paperback
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125814Carlo Gatti - Verdi - ed. 1931 Alpes - Opera completa in due volumi. - Pag. 470 con 64 tavole illustrate - Pag. 638 con 65 tavole illustrate l'ultima non numerata - Copertina rigida - Lingua italiana. - Buone condizioni generali. Legatura e sguardie rifatte. unknown
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