Ballet Opera, First Edition (131 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. with numerous b&w illustrations from the Convent Garden covering 250 years of opera, ballet and theatre; approx. 86pp; book is tight, some rubbing & tiny nicks to dustjacket; otherwise boards and interior pages in VERY GOOD COND.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 133 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ: Very Good. 1st ptg. 238 pp. 9 7/8 x 11 1/2. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in white on spine. Tan and white glossy illustrated dj. No damage or markings noted.

With B&W Illustrations (illustrator). 1st ed. With B&W illustrations Small tear to bottom edge of dust jacket back panel & small loss Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. unpaged (1/4 Inch Thick), Color Photos, White Color Photo Illus Paperback, 4to, Fine, 1st ed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Not Stated Appears to be First Edition. Pages [256] clean, unmarked, binding tight, slight lean to spine. Red cloth boards, mostly clean small white marks at rear board, bright gilt decorations and lettering, a little shelf wear at extremities, lightly sunned spine. Also in my inventory at the time of posting this listing: volumes 1,3,4,6,8[vol 8 with index for all]. All books are in my smoke free & climate controlled shop and will have qualities and/or flaws described. Domestic & international shipping includes tracking information. Size: 4to - over 9 3/4 - 12" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 238pp. Red cloth covVery good condition, clean and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket is also very good. The history of two centuries of the Bolshoi Theatre. Numerous color photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Translation from the original Russian and Italian by Daryl Hislop, this being a First English Edition copy, being an apt celebration of the lyrical theatre's 200th anniversary. Forewordy by Leonid Brezhneve, then jointly written chapters and individual contributions, too. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound in bright red cloth, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. [5], 6-237 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "The Ballet Theatre Foundation Presents" information on the upcoming March 2 to March 8, 1953 week at the SAN FRANCISCO War Memorial Opera House! Guide is in great condition with just some darkening of pages. Softcover edition. Dimensions: 6" by 9". 1st edition, 1953. 1 Pound Shipping Rate. Genre(s): Souvenir Guides / Theater & Stage / Music & Music Performance.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1951. First Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards. Black and white photographs throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and photographs are lightly tanned throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with tears to spine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. March 1957 magazine or program on THE ROYAL BALLET. Fabulous photos inside with 1950's fashions and vintage decor. Great historical piece from The Royal Opera House Covent Garden. (BR) Box 107.

Condition: Good. 1952. First Edition. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Soft cover program, 20 numbered pps w photographs of Ballet Russe.Interior clean staples pages ( 1 page loose ). Unmarked and clean. Cover shows date and seat location for this performance of The Nutcracker by Tchaikowsky, Choreographed by Petipa, Revived by Fedorova, Scenery/Costumes by Benois. Includes an informative introductory article on the history of the Ballet Ruse at the Metropoliatn, as well as typical ads and social articles on "Fashion" and "After the Opera". Rare - especially in this near fine condition.

Blue leather(?), Gilt. Condition: Near Fine - See Description. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 208 pages, 245 historic illustrations. The 'family album' of Covent Garden's first 250 years. Hb in dw, slight off-setting to inner margin of page 204, otherwise a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 262 pages. No dustjacket. Clean pink hardback binding - lightly browned spine. Page-edges lightly browned o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Text + 240 full page plates, 4to, d/w, V.G. *A splendid pictorial history of Covent Garden. HARD COVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET, NO MARKINGS, EXCELLENT CONDITION, SPLENDID VALUE . FINELY BOUND IN FULL DARK BLUE LEATHERETTE.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Penguin Music Magazine # II, May 1947. In 1946 Penguin Books issued the First Issue of the "Penguin Music Magazine, a paperback-sized periodical with a healthy selection of articles and pictures about things musical, including operas, ballet, jazz, theater and classical composing. These early issues were edited by Ralph Hill. This is Issue 2, released in May, 1947. There is a nice selection of contemporary halftone, black-and-white photographs arranged in two discrete section. The first photo section is a pictorial essay on opera, theatre and classical orchestras, as well as a few pictures of celebrities. Featured in the first photo portfolio are Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" (Nancy Evans, Lesley Duff, Catherine Lawson, Peter Pears, Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Otakar Kraus, Owen Brannigan). Secondly Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" (Featuring Mariano Stabile, Alda Noni, Andrew MacPherson, Martin Lawrence). Thirdly is "La Boheme" by Puccini (Featuring Tony Sympson, Dorothy Vernon, Daria Bayan, Lester Ferguson). Other photographs show Margherita Carosio, Luigi Infantino, Onelia Fineschi, Constant Lambert (at the zoo), Vaughan Williams (conducting), and studio portraits of William Primrose and Josephine Strey. The second photo section is given over to ballet and theatre dance, as well as a healthy section of photos depicting the process of televising ballet. Featured are "Ballet in one Act" by Mary and Michael Kidd (which introduced spoken dialogue); next "Fancy Free' wherein Jerome Robbins presents the adventures of three dancing sailors and the music of Leonard Bernstein; also shown are "Tally-Ho" a ballet by Agnes de Mille; the second photo section ends with several photographs depicting the televising of ballet. It is a fascinating collection of photographs. The written articles are quite varied. Review the Contents page in the picture provided above, or read the Table of Contents below. CONTENTS : ** Through the Looking-Glass - by Ralph Hill ** The Art of Conducting - by John Barbirolli ** On Listening - by J. L. Cowan ** The Influence of Jazz on English Composers - by Rex Harris ** Look and Listen - by Edward Pickering ** Audience on the Proms - by George Dannatt ** Personality Corner - by C. B. Rees ** Brains Trust - by Julian Herbage **New Books - by Robin Hull ** New Gramophone Records - by Alec Robertson ** Music of the Film - by Scott Goddard ** Music over the Air - by Stanley Bayliss ** Opera in London - by Stephen Williams ** Ballet in London - by Arnold Haskell ** Concerts in London - by George Dannatt ** Music in Scotland - by Stewart Deas ** Music in Liverpool - by A. K. Holland ** Music in Manchester - by J. H. Elliott ** Music in Birmingham - by John Waterhouse. TITLE : Penguin Music Magazine No. 2 EDITOR : Ralph Hill IMPRINT : Penguin Books PLACE : Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England DATE : 1947 (May 1947 ) EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small periodical in paperback format; Illustrated with photographs; 96 pages + 4 pages of ads; 5" x 8" decorated stiff card wraps (Dancing penguin on front). CONDITION -- NEAR VERY GOOD --This book is previously owned, but clean and serviceable with the following noted : EXTERIOR ? Modest weathering and surface rub, especially to the rear cover which has scattered smudging (ink?) ; there is toning about the edges; spine is clear with no creasing. BINDING ? Solid as can be expected . no leaves are detached or loose - slight splay to fore-edge. INTERIOR ? The paper is unavoidably toned (to be expected from immediate post war production). Basically the interior is clean and presentable, toning considered. The photographs display nicely. England had just come out of the Second World War, and production materials, such as paper were still in short supply. The quality of paper reflects that. Because of this such publications are often fragile, and proper care should be taken when handling them.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paper; staple binding. First edition. Paper lifts on front cover; slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to page edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. ; Formerly The Sadler's Wells Ballet; 0 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 247pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are in clean, unworn condition, small US importer's label on front pastetdown. An elaborately designed volume featuring photography of numerous Bolshoi productions spanning several decades. A handsome and well-preserved book. This book has 2 identical dust jackets, one on top of the other, both in near fine condition.

131p., high-gloss paperstock throughout with b&w and some color reproductions, first issue of the catalogue; 9.5x7 inch decorated matte wraps, head and tail of spine have been repaired with clear tape, good copy with no ownership marks. The "estimates" leaf is laid in and is unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. dust jacket shows edge-wear bumping, minor rip o top corner front, clean condition, 248pp, pages nice and clean and VG+ condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Slight wear to edges of D/J. Very slight foxing to end pages and edge. Each section offers an intensive course on what matters in that particular field of the Arts - the names to bandy around, the contemporary opinions to hold, the jargon you should know - all presented by writers with a unique blend of wittiness and scholarship. The latest trends and ideas, the up-and-coming people and the names that should no longer be mentioned - all are revealed here. 479 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Large sturdy vintage magazine focusing on classic ballet; profusely illustrated. An attractive copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, 64pp., ills. VG: covers slightly rubbed and soiled, but still bright and whole, internals clean, binding sound.

Wraps. Condition: Very good. 144 pages plus 'wrap-around stiff cover. Illustrations (many in color). The Guide for the Arts features cultural event schedules for the Opera, Symphony, Ballet, Museums, and Performing Art groups in Washington, D.C. The Guide for the Arts is produced to service the fine art and musical communities in the Washington, D.C. area and includes seating charts, event schedules, and important phone numbers. The Guide for the Arts is the only publication featuring the complete annual schedules of Washington, D.C.'s Leading Arts organizations. Opera, Symphony,Ballet,Theatres and Museums,special event calendars,box office listings and more. A must have for the serious Arts Patron. This provides a snapshot of the cultural milieu in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area at the end of the first decade of the Twenty-first century. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj and frontispiece) Arthur Szyk (illustrator). First Edition. (price-clipped) [light shelfwear, age-toning to edges of text block, one-time owner's signature on ffep; jacket is unevenly sun-browned (with notable darkening/fading to spine), with a couple of tiny edge-tears, one slightly ragged 1.25-inch tear at upper front hinge, minor paper loss at spine extremities]. An amalgamation of 17 theatre pieces of varying lengths (mostly of the one-act variety, although a couple of them are roughly 50 pages in length and divided into scenes), each of which is accompanied by a brief introductory essay in which Saroyan expounds upon the circumstances of its creation, discusses the ideas underlying it, tells some anecdote, or just generally rambles on. (Some of these are almost as long as the pieces they introduce, and I daresay some of them are more entertaining, too.) And Saroyan, being given as always to exuberant excess, has included both an Introduction and a Preface. The most notable title in the collection is probably "Hello Out There," which was adapted as a short film in 1949 which has the distinction of being the last thing directed by James Whale.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st. With 51 illustrations, 24 in color plus 4 additional color illustrations on and inside the covers. Text in Russian and English. [64pp] 0.19lb 6.5x4.7x0.2in.