Search Results: Titles starting with W from Schubertiade

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed slip of paper in the hand of the Austro-Hungarian conductor with signature, date ("Halifax 8.9. Febr. 1901") and musical notation (quotations from Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von NĂĽrnberg, and Carl Maria von Weber, Der FreischĂĽtz).  With an amusing cutting from a book or magazine depicting Hans Richter in Birmingham surrounded by police in 1909, with facsimile statement "Not arrested, just protected (against autograph [seekers?])". Oblong format, 1.75 x 6.75 inches (4.5 x 17 cm). In fine condition.Richter was a close associate of Wagner from his early twenties and conducted the first complete Ring in 1876.  In his later years, England became a center of his activities; he was the principal conductor of the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival from 1885 to 1909 and held permanent appointments with the HallĂ© Orchestra (1899–1911) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1904–1911).  Despite his association with Wagner, he championed and performed a wide… Read More

New York: Random House, 1958. First, 1st issue. . Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 143 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, "Best wishes to Matt Stiller, from Stephen Sondheim, 4/9/93."  Book condition: fine, with sunning to the jacket's spine, and a tape-repaired tear to the spine's head.Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story debuted on Broadway in 1957 and won two Tony Awards. It remains an enduring piece of American musical theater, with frequent revivals and popular film adaptations made in 1961 and 2021. 

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Rare souvenir program from the original Broadway production of the classic musical West Side Story, signed by much of the original cast, including the creators of the principal roles: Carol Lawrence (Maria), Larry Kert (Tony), Chita Rivera (Anita), Art Smith (Doc), Mickey Calin (Riff), Ken LeRoy (Bernardo), Lee Theodore (credited here as "Lee Becker") (Anybodys), Eddie Roll (Action), David Winters (Baby John), and Tony Mordente. (A-Rab).  16 pp.  Wear to spine, overall in fine condition.  9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm.).The original 1957 Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 1957 with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, and marked Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances before going on tour. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 1958, winning two.From the collection of Paul McMahon, a… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original bamboo and wicker chair used as set decoration in Rick's Café, the café and illegal gambling establishment run by Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in the classic 1942 Warner Bros. film Casablanca. These style of bamboo framed, wicker covered chairs can be seen throughout the café during the film. In fine condition, accompanied by a framed reprint Casablanca set photograph, showing similar chairs in situ.  34 inches high. Expected wear to wicker, overall fine condition. NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY.The American Film Institute voted Casablanca the number one greatest romantic film of the last 100 years, and number three of the best 100 films. Nominated for eight Oscars, Casablanca won three, and is a Library of Congress National Film Registry Selection. 

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed souvenir program for the Costumes of the Latin Quarter exhibit that ran at the Boston Center for the Arts from November 15, 1978 to January 15, 1979.  The French artist Erté provided the cover art, a striking illustration of a woman in bright orange feathers, and he has inscribed "To Paul / Erté" in black ink to the first page.  Light wear to spine, overall in fine condition.  8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 28 cm.).From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original 10" x 11.4" vintage lithograph. Credit to Currier & Ives at lower left and titled in the margin, The Wonderful Albino Family / Rudolph Lucasie, Wife & Children, from Madagascar / They have Pure White, Silken Hair and Pink Eyes!! / Have Been Exhibited at Barnum's Museum, N.Y. for Three Years.  A rather toned and worn example with tears and losses around the edges, a few extending just inside the central illustrated panel, but nevertheless quite striking.  The Albino Lucasie family were European (the name is French), but P.T. Barnum, who discovered them at the 1857 Amsterdam fair, gave out that they were "Negroes from Madagascar" and claimed that their pink eyes remained staring even as they slept. He brought them to New York to work at his American Museum that same year. Currier and Ives did another portrait of them also, "The Wonderful Eliophobus Family," a whimsical name meaning "fear of the sun".  In addition to Barnum's shows, the Lucasies also… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Wooden tea table owned by the Stravinsky family, ca. late 18th/early19th c., likely acquired in California ca. 1940, where it was very much a part of daily life.  Stravinsky and his wife Vera used this table for their afternoon tea and patience games, as well as evening drinks.  Smoking accompanied all of these activities, and the cigarette burns scattered across the surface of the table were deliberately preserved when the table was refinished in 2009.  40 inches in diameter plus two nesting extension leaves. Together with a digital image of the composer shown working at the table and a signed letter of provenance.Provenance: By family descent, from the niece of Robert Lawson Craft (1923–2015), the American conductor and writer best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky.  Craft received the table from Vera Stravinsky after the composer's death, and he subsequently passed it on to his niece, Kristin Crawford.  Crawford… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed MGM promotional photograph of the American dancer and actor from the 1948 film Words and Music.  Kelly has inscribed "To Paul / Gene Kelly" in black ink.  Very fine condition.  8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. 

New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First edition, first printing. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover with dustjacket, signed and inscribed on the title. 6.5 x 9.5. 398 pages. In fine condition.