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Encore!: The Renaissance of Wisconsin Opera Houses
by DOYLE, Brian Leahy
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- Published
- 2009
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- ISBN
- 9780870204302
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$22.00
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Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2009. Advance Reading Copy in large paperback format; illustrated in black & white; photos by Mark Fay; 238pp.. Advance Reading Copy. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Bab Ballads
by GILBERT, W. S
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- Published
- 1970
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$22.00
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Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press Of Harvard University Press, 1970. Bound in orange buckram, sans DW; DW flaps laid-in; includes all 360 of the "Babs" original black & white illustrations; edited by James Ellis; 366pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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George Frideric Handel, His Personality and His Times
by FLOWER, Newman
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- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$16.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Bound in black buckram, sans DW; spine ends and corners worn; color frontispiece plate; black & white double-sided plates; 399pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.
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Nijinsky: The Film
by GELATT, Roland
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- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- ISBN
- 9780345286079
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$13.00
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. Illustrated in color and black & white; 132pp.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 11 1/2" X 11 1/2".
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My Favorite Intermissions (Signed)
by BORGE, Victor and Robert SHERMAN
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- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Seventh Printing
- ISBN
- 9780385026512
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$19.00
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1971. "Victor Borge's Lives of the Musical Greats and Other Facts You Never Knew You Were Missing"; seventh printing signed & inscribed by Mr. Borge; black & white drawings; 189pp.. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Seventh Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by WINDING, Thomas.
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Selected Operas and Plays of Gertrude Stein
by STEIN, Gertrude
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- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780822931959
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$30.00
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University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970. Edited and with an introduction by John Malcolm Brinnin; 325pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Golden Child
by ENGLE, Paul
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- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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$35.00
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Kansas City, Mo.: Hallmark Cards, 1960. "A Libretto for an opera composed by Philip Bezanson"; with black & white photos from the telecast premiere on the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" in 1960; signed card by the producer, George Schaefer, laid-in; some minor foxing and browning to DW; 61pp.. Signed Card. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+.
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Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival
by SPOTTS, Frederic
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- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780300057775
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$22.50
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Illustrated in black & white; 334pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Opera Comique
by COOPER, Martin
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- Published
- 1949
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$18.00
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LONDON: Max Parrish & Co Limited, 1949. Bound in green cloth, sans DW; four plates in color & 30 black and white illustrations; erratum sheet laid-in; 72pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.
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Celebration: The Metropolitan Opera
by ROBINSON, Francis
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- Published
- 1979
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780385129756
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$25.00
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Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1979. Color and black & white photos, many full page; 287pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Magnificence: Onstage at the Met
by JACOBSON, Robert
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- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671557232
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$25.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. "Twenty Great Opera Productions"; 274 illustrations, 117 in color; 256pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Zubin Mehta
by BOOKSPAN, Martin and Ross YOCKEY
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- Published
- 1980
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN
- 9780709178620
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$15.00
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LONDON: Robert Hale, 1980. 1st British edition in price-clipped DW; black & white plates; 226pp.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine / Price-clipped.
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The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia
by HAMILTON, David; Ed
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- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671617325
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$17.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Contains many color and black & white photos and illustrations; 415pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Book of Ballets, Classic and Modern
by GOODE, Gerald; Ed
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- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$27.50
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New York: Crown, 1939. Bound in blue buckram, sans DW; introduction by Leonide Massine; 31 colored , and 200 halftone illustrations; 246pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.
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Caruso (Signed)
by GREENFELD, Howard
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- Published
- 1983
- Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- Second Impression
- ISBN
- 9780399127366
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$22.00
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New York: Putnam, 1983. Inscribed & signed by the author on half-title; black & white plates; spots to top edge of book (last 65 pages, does not intrude down to print; and top edges of DW); 275pp. The text block is clean and the exterior of the book and dustwrapper show well. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. Second… Read more
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Bedouins
by HUNEKER, James
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- Published
- 1920
- Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
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$15.00
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New York: Scribners, 1920. Bound in black buckram, sans DW; previous owner's name and date penned on ffep.; black & white plates; 271pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket.
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Melomaniacs
by HUNEKER, James
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- Published
- 1902
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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$27.50
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New York: Scribners, 1902. Bound in red, decorated buckram, sans DW; t.e.g.; other edges uncut; 350pp. Short stories by Huneker. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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