Landowsa Wanda (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. 635 of 1000 copies. Signed by Denise Restout and Robert Hawkins in black ink on a front flyleaf. Original publisher's beige buckram cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Original gray paper-covered slipcase included. Slipcase is covered in glossy black paper on front, back, and spine. Book: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." Slipcase: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 434 pages, complete. Black-and-white plates and in-text illustrations, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for a former owner's signature on front free endpaper. Covers are very clean and intact except for some smudging on front cover. Corners of book are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. Slipcase is clean and intact overall except for some rubbing, surface wear, and slight bumping to extremities. A Near Fine book in a Very Good slipcase. This is a collection of writings by Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), a Polish harpsichordist and pianist. She became well-known as a harpsichordist and helped revive interest in the instrument. This work was collected, edited, and translated by Denise Restout (1915-2004), a French harpsichordist and pianist and Landowska's assistant and protege. Restout was assisted by Robert Hawkins, an English professor, for this work. The following is an extract from the text printed on one side of the slipcase: "Here for the first time in any language are large sections from Wanda Landowska's previously unpublished notebooks. Here also are Landowska's writings in French during half a century, much of it translated for the first time, as well as the complete text of her book Musique Ancienne, first published in France in 1909, later in English, and now completely retranslated and revised in accordance with Landowska's wishes.". Signed by Author(s).