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New York: A. A. Wyn, (1948). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. No date, circa 1948. A clean, bright and solid copy of this brief biography of the great composer. 140pp. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper.
New York: A. A. Wyn, (1948). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. No date, circa 1948. A clean, bright and solid copy of this brief biography of the great composer. 140pp. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. NF / VG. A very clean, bright and attractive copy in the dust jacket. 262 biographies, Plot Outlines for hundreds of Operas, Origins and evolution of musical forms, Program Notes on more than 500 masterworks.
Paris: Societe De Saint Jean L'Evangeliste, 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Soft covered volume. As new. A near perfect copy and clearly, by my eye at least, not from 1944. It is the 12th edition, so stated in French on the cover. My best guess, based on other volumes from this large collection, is that this book is from the late.....
Paris: SociÈtÈ de Saint Jean l'EvangÈliste, 1951. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Soft cover volume. As new. A fine copy in all respects. Musical examples throughout.
New York: Amsco, 1934. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very good. Illustrated soft cover stapled book. Some minor creasing to the covers. One page with an ink-blot else very good. "Songs of the Trail and Range."
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. NF. Green cloth on boards decorated and lettered in gilt. t.e.g. small 8vo. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
New York: Time-Life, 1972. FIRST. F. This is one volume of a three volume boxed set, the other two being, "The Perfect Wagnerite" by George Bernard Shaw, and "Ring Resounding" by John Culshaw. First thus. Faux black leather, lettered in gilt in a fine slip-case.
New York: G. Schirmer Inc., No date, circa 1950. Soft Cover. Very good. Original soft cover volume. Decorated and lettered in green to the cover. Copyright date of 1912 but certainly much later though my 1950 is just an educated guess. A clean and solid copy. "For Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Soli and Piano.".....
Vienna: Universal-Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Slender stapled booklet offering critical analysis of this composers song of peace. A solid copy of a very rare volume.
New York: Henry Holt And Company, (1937). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original gray cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 305 pp. Some minor soiling to the book but it does remain solid and square. The dust jacket has some minor rubbing to the foot of the spine. Set at an Army Post along.....
New York: Schirmer Books, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated boards. A lovely copy without the dust jacket. A very large and lavishly produced book.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. FIRST. F / F. As new. A lovely copy, lavishly illustrated. Gives an account of twenty memorable productions from the repertory of the Metropolitan Opera.
Prague: Veglae, 1906. Soft Cover. Very Good. Soft covered original. The paper cover is foxed but remains quite intact. The pages are evenly toned but remain supple and clean. Most of the pages are un-cut so the interior remains virtually as new except for the toning. As nice a copy of this original edition as one could hope to find.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. This is a fine copy in all respects. A beautifully researched book which examines The Exultet rolls, medieval rolls containing both sacred text as well as music. Illustrated with plates and musical notation.
New York: Schirmer, 1995. FIRST. F / F.
New York: Scribners, 1904. FIRST. F.
New York: The Metropolitan Opera Guild, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Small folio volume. The lovely cover art work was executed by Gerscovici. With many photographs of opera greats from the past. The cover art is the same for the boards as well as the dust jacket. This jacket is complete and very lovely...
New York: Putnam, 1937. NF / VG. The eleventh edition. An exceptionally nice copy in a complete dust jacket.
New York: Garden City, 1917. VG / VG. A clean and solid copy. The dust jacket shows some edge-wear and some soiling but remains quite nice. Wrap-around cover design.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. The illustrated jacket has some edge-wear and closed tears but remains mostly complete and bright. Previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Carroll B. Snell.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1924. FIRST. F.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No date, circa 1934. Large format music book. Orange boards, with yellow spine. Paper paste-down on front board. Set to music by Dudley Glass. With all the original pictures. A very scarce volume. Large folio, too large for the scanner. Contains 10 songs with illustrations...
London: Dent, 1973. NF / NF. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the first UK edition. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine.
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1945. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. A clean, bright and solid copy of this soft covered volume. Contains photographs, musical examples and a biography. A fine example of this scarce volume.
Rome and Paris: Societe De Saint Jean L'Evangeliste, circa 1980. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Two quarto soft bound volumes. There are many dates listed but most of them cannot apply to these volumes. The covers state 1927 and there is a copyright date of 1908. There is a date to the rear of volume one stating "Paris, 1950." However, there.....