Leonard Bernstein Score (4 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [slight damage to lower corners (both book and jacket), but otherwise a nice copy, with the usual age-toning to the jacket (most pronounced on the spine)]. (3 B&W photographs) The book and lyrics (no music) to this modern classic, the only musical play (OK, operetta) that Hellman ever wrote -- although (per Wikipedia) "since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler, which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel." (Bernstein's music, thankfully, endures.).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Richard Wilbur on title 'Inscribed with pleasure for Stathis Orphanos.' Stathis Orphanos was a noted photographer and half of the Los Angeles-based fine-press publishing duo Sylvester and Orphanos. First Paperback edition. 156pp. Pages are toned, some light shelf wear. Based on the theater production first performed in 1956 with score by Leonard Bernstein; the libretto was first drafted by Lillian Hellman and then developed by Richard Wilbur with additional input from Dorothy Parker, John Latouche, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, as well as Leonard Bernstein. Signed.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Wilbur on FFEP 'For Stathis' d. 1987 in Cummington. Stathis Orphanos was a noted photographer and half of the Los Angeles-based fine-press publishing duo Sylvester and Orphanos. 143pp. Brown buckram, pasted on plate of an actor to front cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine title-blocked in black, b/w plate title of a performance of the play, black topstain, b/w plate of performance to page 140pp. Some light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean and crisp. Dust jacket has some light stains to front cover, spine a bit toned. First book appearance of the theater production first performed in 1956 with score by Leonard Bernstein; the libretto was first drafted by Lillian Hellman and then developed by Richard Wilbur with additional input from Dorothy Parker, John Latouche, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, as well as Leonard Bernstein. Signed By Author. …