Introduction by olin downes (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine DJ. 1st Edition. 569 Pp. Fine In Near Fine Dj, With The Rare "Bmi Music Locater" Strip Produced For This Book, With Size Rulings, Laid In Loosely. Signed By California Artist Pasquale Napolitano, Who Did Many Architectural Murals In The 1920'S And 1930'S, And Who Illustrated Books For Armitage. Decorative Drawings By Alberta Sordini; Design By Merle Armitage (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good minus. good minus. First edition. Small quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xxxii + 256 pages, illustrated endpapers, red and white titles on black cloth with a vignette black and white photo. A very good minus, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, rubbing to the extemities with two cornere tips through to boards, binding tight, paper light to moderately yellowed, with foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges and the effects of New York City soot visible, with the name of a previous owner (musicologist Rudi Blesh) on the front endpaper. In a good minus, considerably worn dust jacket, somewhat soiled by that city soot, with chipping at all edges and moisture staining to the lower edges, (all quite visible on the blank reverse) with the original price present. Because of the larger size and weight, this volume will require some additional postage depending on destination.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 324 pages. 10.75x8.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. ] Hardback, 8vo, gilt on black cloth, xiv + 234 pages, Near VG with dj panels pasted in. FFEP has prev. owner's bookplate, his one word name in ink + the pasted-in, trimmed down dj back panel (with the author's bio). Front pastedown has the pasted-in, trimmed down front interior flap of the dj (synopsis of the book with an original price sticker intact). Couple of small tan spots affecting a few pages in the fore-edge margins. Interior o/w clean. Externally, minor rubbing/bumping, a few imperfections including a couple of spots on the back cover. Photos, drawings, bibliography of Further Reading, Index. RWR5 Human Voice Speech Speaking Vocal Music Singing Acoustics Medicine Anatomy Physiology Health Nutrition Larynx Laryngology Otolaryngology.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Oversize; signed by the author (wife of Maxfield Parrish) with a personal inscription on half title page; some browning to fep; moderate coverwear, especially light staining to front cover illustration; corners (with some loss, ) and light tearing to spine head ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 3/4"; 256 pages; Signed by Author.…

First Edition. Tall quarto; (xiv), 569pp. A Fine copy in a Fine illustrated dust jacket (faint extremity wear); in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold at spine and upper board, which is also ruled in blind. Downes describes "Marriage of Figaro", "The Mastersingers of Nuremburg", "Aida", "Carmen", "Tales of Hoffmann", "La Boheme", "La Tosca", "Der Rosenkavalier", "Love of Three Oranges", & "Wozzeck". With over 80 illustrations by Alberta Sordini; new piano arrangements by Leonard Marker. A classic Merle Armitage design with two-page title. Discography at rear lists the LP recordings and retains its 'Musicator' (BMI Recorded Music Locator) which enables the reader to conveniently locate and listen to any passage from these operas. '. one of the most beautiful books of opera ever published.' A superior copy. (Oversized book may require additional postage). …