Mandinian Edward (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small quarto. Full red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 96 pp. With numerous illustrations. Binding slightly worn and bumped; inscription to front free endpaper; dustjacket worn.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Subjects; Covent Garden Opera. Fairy queen (Purcell, Henry). Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Sadler's Wells Ballet. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. Original photograph with integral text. 14 x 9 cm.

Condition: Good. Original photograph with integral text. 14 x 9 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. 96. profusely illus. in b/w. cloth (spine, front fore-edge & bottom edge sunned, previous owner's inscription on fep). First Edition.

Condition: Very good. Hardcover book, first edition, 15 pages of text followed by the 40 photographic plates by Edward mandinian. this production featured Margo Fonteyn as the Princess Aurora, Moira Shearer as the Fairy of the Crystal Fountain, Beryl Grey as the Lilac Fairy and Robert Helpmann as Carabosse. A Very good copy with light sunning to covers. Pictures available,

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Subjects; Covent Garden Opera. Fairy queen (Purcell, Henry). Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Sadler's Wells Ballet. 1 Kg.

Hard. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A photographic record by Edward Mandinian, The story of the ballet by Cyril W. Beaumont. D/J chipped with a few tears, and rubbed with dampstaining and warping. Book has been exposed to damp with damp spots to boards and endpapers and a damp smell, some cracking to binding within with frontispiece partially detached, else pp clean and plates bright. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. MANDINIAN, Edward [a photographic record] [96] pp. John Lehmann 1948 Jacket design by Michael Ayrton 10" x 7 3/4" A souvenir volume for the production of Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen' staged in 1946. The production was a triumphant return to the stage of the Royal Opera House and the Sadler's Wells Ballet after the muted productions of the second world war. Michael Ayrton designed the scenery and costumes, inspired by Inigo Jones. Frederick Ashton oversaw the choreography and Constant Lambert arranged the Purcell score and libretto.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Significant wear at hinge, with stitching visible. Cover faded and stained. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Condition: Very Good ++. Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, 18.5 x 25 cm red cloth boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. 96pp including 55 pages of black and white illustrations. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at 21s net. The book is signed by Michael Ayrton, who was the designer of the scenery and costume, on the front free endpaper. Laid in is an invitation to an exhibition of Ayrton's recent painting and his designs for the show The boards have just a touch of dust marking to the top and bottom edges. Internally, the book is generally clean noting only an ink mark on the title page for The Plates (possibly a production fault). There are also a couple of pages towards the rear of the book where the printing from the verso of the page shows through somewhat. The artist's signature on the front free endpaper is clear and bright. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has rubbing to the corners, spine tips and edges with a number of tiny tears and minor chips and creasing along the top edge and one small tear along the bottom edge. The laid in invitation to Ayrton's exhibition is an added bonus. An excellent signed 1st edition copy recording the first major production of Saddler's Wells and English National Opera following the war. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

London: C. W. Beaumont, (1946). 4to. Orig. buckram (flecked). Spine gilt. In price-clipped dustjacket (rubbed). (8, 16pp. text). With portrait, text-illust., and 39 full-page b/w photographic plates at end. Prelims and endpapers foxed, otherwise very good.