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paperback. Condizione: Very Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, very good, light wear to cover, old price label on rear cover. WAGNER, RICHARD. The Valkyrie / Die Walküre : Opera Guide 21. London: Calder Publications / Riverrun Press, 1983, 112pp., . Series: Opera guide, 21 Includes libretto in German, with English translation by Andrew Porter and commentaries. - CONTENTS: A conflict or power and love / Geoffrey Skelton -- Chronology of the composition of 'The Valkyrie' -- An introduction to the music of 'The Valkyrie' / Barry Millington -- New myths for old / George Gillespie -- Translating 'The Ring' / Andrew Porter -- Thematic guide -- Die Walküre : poem / by Richard Wagner -- The Valkyrie. English translation by Andrew Porter. 9780714540191 ISBN 0714540196.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback. Green cloth covers with bright gilt titles to spine in very good condition in like jacket (minimal shelf wear at top). James Harding was a noted music biographer, especially with French composers. His writing style is straight-forward and engaging capturing the workaholic career of Offenbach and his successes in Paris theater - in some ways, as successful in French as Gilbert & Sullivan were in English.…

Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. The operas of Monteverdi. London : New York: Calder Publications ; Riverrun Press, 1992, 208pp., PAPERBACK, very good. Opera guide 45. - Librettos of the operas Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, and L'Incoronazione di Poppea in Italian with English translations by Anne Ridler with commentary. - CONTENTS: Monteverdi : opera and history / by Lain Fenlon -- On translating opera / by Anne Ridler -- Part one. Mantua : a masterpiece for a court / by John Whenham. Music examples. 'Orfeo' : libretto in Italian and English -- Part two. Venice : musical theatre in Venice / by Paolo Fabbri. The Spanish contribution to the birth of opera / by Jack Sage. Monteverdi returns to his homeland / by Tim Carter ; musical examples. 'Il ritorno d'ulisse in patria' : libretto in Italian and English. Public vice, private virtue / by Lain Fenlon and Peter Miller ; musical examples. 'L'incoronazione di Poppea' : libretto in Italian and English. The revival of Monteverdi's operas in the twentieth century / by Jeremy Barlow -- Discography / by Jeremy Barlow -- Bibliography. 9780714542072 ISBN 0714542075.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Paperback in new condition. HCW. Used.

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. English National Opera guide no. 21. In pristine condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New. No Dust Jacket. Paperback is in new condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Fair: The book has some wear to covers or other defects but is in good readable condition. 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First Edition. Book and jacket fine. Nice book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. paperback, 80 pages, names to flyleaf, pages tanned otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B284.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket Issued. 2nd Edition. paperback, illustrated, 96 pages, very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B276.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Gut. 241 Seiten Einband etwas berieben, sonst gut erhalten LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 5 - 14 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Full orange cloth in dust jacket. A clean tight unmarked copy with light dampstaining to endpage margins and outer page edges. Unclipped dust jacket with no chips nor tears.

hard cover with dustjacket. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. History of Opera. 384 pages VG/VG. Light shelf wear to dust jacket with a tiny closed tear and a crease on top edge, overall very good book in very good dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket Issued. 5th or later Edition. paperback, 160 pages, covers rubbed otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B284.

Paperback. Condizione: Gut. 89 p. Good condition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 210.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Opera guide, 48. Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Libretto by the composer based on the story by V.V. Stasov. English translation by Carol Borah Palca. Includes 3 essays. Contents; Apocalypse then, now, and (for us) never: reflections on Musorgsky's otyher historical opera / Caryl Emerson -- Musorgsky's music of time / Gerard McBurney -- Khovanshchina in context / Rosamund Bartlett -- Thematic guide -- Khovanshchina [libretto and translation]. Subjects; Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Khovanshchina (opera). Operas, librettos. Opera, Russian. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Calder Publications Ltd 2002 Paperback - 72 pages A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Translated from the French by Jo Levy. Label on the rear of the cover. Page block a little tanned. The pages are sound and the text clear. CM. Used.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed, and edges are creased. Board spine ends are a little bumped, and page block head is tanned. Binding is sound and content as unread. LW. Used.…

118pp. Text illus. Wraps.

Paperback. Condizione: Gut. 178 p. Acceptable condition. Penciled underlinings and notes. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 305.

Soft Cover. Condizione: VG. Reprint. Small curl/creasing at corners and light creasing from page handling. Wraps have light edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 13.3 x 19.7 x 1.3cm, wt400g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. Reprint. First UK paperback edition. The book was originally published in the UK by Calder & Boyars in 1970, and has been reprinted many times. Translated by Victor Corti. ***Near fine in glossy colour-illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked. No creases. No tears. Page block edges clean. No reading lean. Spine tight. No reading creases to the spine. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. ***198mm x 128mm. 108 pages. ***'This collection of essays remains the most radical text on performance in print today. this volume contains the famous Manifesto of the Theatre of Cruelty and the definitions of this theatre; the underlying impulses of performance (described by Artaud as its 'metaphysics'); some suggestions on a physical training method for actors and actresses; a long appreciation of the expressive values of Eastern dance drama. Also included is Seraphim's Theatre, in which Artaud attempts an actor's application of the Taoist principals of fullness and emptiness.' (Quote taken from the back cover). ***A near fine copy of a later reprint of this classic collection of essays on drama and the theatre. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Original Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. Reprint. First UK paperback edition. The book was originally published in the UK by Calder & Boyars in 1970, and has been reprinted many times. Translated by Victor Corti. ***Near fine in glossy colour-illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked. No creases. No tears. Page block edges clean. No reading lean. Spine tight. No reading creases to the spine. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. ***198mm x 128mm. 108 pages. ***'This collection of essays remains the most radical text on performance in print today. this volume contains the famous Manifesto of the Theatre of Cruelty and the definitions of this theatre; the underlying impulses of performance (described by Artaud as its 'metaphysics'); some suggestions on a physical training method for actors and actresses; a long appreciation of the expressive values of Eastern dance drama. Also included is Seraphim's Theatre, in which Artaud attempts an actor's application of the Taoist principals of fullness and emptiness.' (Quote taken from the back cover). ***A near fine copy of a later reprint of this classic collection of essays on drama and the theatre. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Calder Edition. Paperback Seven Expressionist Plays: Kokoschka to Barlach wear and browning with age to cover prev owners name inside Oscar Kokoschka: Murderer hope Of Womankind . Franz Kafta :the Guardian of the tomb : Ernst Barlach: Squire blue Boll. georg Kaiser:The protagonist. August Stamm:awakening. Alfred Brust:The Wolves .Ivan Goll :Methusalem.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. New Edition. 2010. 272pp. The book is in excellent condition with no inscriptions, and all contents are tight and clean. "Martin Salander, one of Gottfried Keller's most famous novels, traces the progress of an impoverished idealist towards becoming a self-sufficient, deeply humane individual, offering at the same time a reflection on the social and political changes of the time and a compassionate picture of a family which, for the author, is a mirror of the Free Switzerland he had hoped to help build. The Calder edition of Martin Salander, which the TLS praised as "dominated by Keller's painterly eye, by his admirable sense of place and atmosphere" and the Irish Times described as "deeply impressive in its evocative simplicity" is the only available English translation of this timeless Swiss-German classic.".…

Card Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. 185pp. Tiny name at head of first page.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good paperback with an unbroken spine slight crease to front cover. name to half-title. Text unmarked. 114g. 89 pages. This book has been carefully described by an experienced, independent, bookdealer, it is not for sale on other sites and the pictures are photographs of the actual book.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. Unread with creased front hinge and remains of sticker on front cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Very good copy. 24 black & white plates, 621 pages. The memoirs of one of Britain's most frank and daring publishers. His most notable author being Samuel Beckett. 10" x 7" (25cms x 18cms).