Music/Opera & Libretto from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Mainz (London, Paris, Brusells): B. Schotts Sohne, n.d. Translated by Frederick Jameson (1839-1916) into English. unspecified edition. Green cloth, a.e.red, green and gilt eps. Small 8vo (17cm). pp. 75, 84, 98, 86. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Light edge and corner wear, caps chipped, light overall page toning. Small bookseller ticket: Heinrich Jaffe, Munchen. Wagner spent over 20 years on… Read more about this item

Milano: Tipografia del Corriere della Sera, 1900. Illustrated by color plates and b&w reproductions, caricatures and drawings throughout. Only edition. Rebound period brown library cloth, yellow topstain. 4to (30cm). pp. vi, [4], 360. Indices. Very Good/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Discard bookplate of Radcliffe College Master School of Music Association, removed rear envelope and spine label. Gift of inscription, foxing starting… Read more about this item

Berlin & Posen: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, n.d. [1878]. [c.1877 Marschner & Stephan] VN:11435. Contemporary red cloth backed cloth, gilt stamped topboard. 8vo. pp. 202. Fair. Front hinge and spine broken, heavily toned with some old tape repairs, several repeats blocked out with pencil. Merit as complete copy, scarce. Second opera (following the successful Das Goldene Kreus, The… Read more about this item

[Bonn]: [Simrock], [1802-04]. Assumed first edition. Bottom page markings: 383 (center), V.S. (right corner most pages)...Volti Subito. Contemporary black cloth, gilt stamped topboard. Oblong 4to (23x32cm). pp. 9-107. Very Good. Hinge open with several flat folds to pages. Operatic score, twelve (12) pieces, lacking title page and overture. The comic opera in two acts premiered 5 April 1802 in Paris… Read more about this item

New York: Harms, 1931. First thus edition. Green cloth. 4to (29,5cm). pp. 301. Near Fine/Ex-Lib. Library markings only flaws..

London: Oxford University Press, (1958). Later edition. c.1944. Tan Stapled-wraps decorated red. Inscribed by OUP Pocket Opera Libretti Series. 12mo (18cm). pp. 46. Very Good. Light cover soil, unmarked. Adapted from the Drama of Alexandre Dumas, the younger, entitled "La Dame Aux Camelias"..

Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, (1925). Illustrated by O.S. McLay cover. First edition. Stitched wraps. 26cm. pp. 110. Near Fine. Slight cock, and several tiny rear page curls..

Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co, 1923. Assumed first edition. 1018 {voice and piano}. Gold illustrated wraps. 28cm. pp. 44. Very Good. Several centerfold pages pulled from staple, but complete. [50 minutes]..

New York: Oliver Ditson Co, n.d. {SB and piano}. Opera Songs Series. Folded sheet music. 31cm. pp. 7. Very Good. Toning..

New York: G. Ricordi, 1912. {T and piano} 114132. Folded sheet music. 31cm. pp. 5. Good. Toning, tape repaired folder joint, old vertical crease, several tiny tears. "Sung by Enrico Caruso and Antonio Scotti", English/Italian..

New York: (Milan, Eduardo Sonzogno) G. Schirmer, (1891). Illustrated by b/w port frontis. Stated Authorized, 9773 edition. (c.1889, prize competition). Stitched wraps, decorated cover. Imperial 8vo. pp. [viii], 146. Very Good-. Foxed cover, overall toning. Inside cover has spine white tape reinforcement housing music as a folder. Sporadic pencil checks in margins. Italian/English. First produced May 18, 1890 at… Read more about this item

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1974. Edited by Donald Jay Grout. First thus edition. {voice and period instruments}. Stiff wraps. 4to. pp. 175, [36] Naples Libretto. Very Good. Light cover soil and edgewear with one bottom chip, internally fine and tight (no spine crease). Arrangements for 71 arias, etc; 8 substitutions of the Parma libretto; facsimile translation of the 1700… Read more about this item

: Willa Perlman (HarperCollins), (1992). Illustrated by Jacket, frontis and 15 watercolors by Barry Moser (verso), Libretto with calligraphy by Reassurance Wunder (recto). Stated First (trade) edition. Cloth backed boards. 4to. pp. [48]. Fine/Near Fine/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to jacket. Red Scripture reference in margins. ISBN: 0060217790..

New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co, 1926. Illustrated by color cover. first edition. Operatic edition 211-4 {piano and voice}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. 5, [1] Ad. Good. Large fold tear, short tears on inside sheet (Scan trim at sides and bottom)..

New York/London: John Lane Co., /The Bodley Head, 1909. second thus printing edition. c.1908 London. Portions previously appearing in Harper's Weekly and The Musician. Green ribbed cloth stamped gilt, uncut. Globe 8vo. pp. 215, [1] colophon. Near Fine/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner rub. Introductory: The Wagnerian Aftermath, A View of Puccini, Strauss' Salome: Its Art and Its… Read more about this item

New York: Boosey & Hawkes, (1948). Translated by Frances Holden from the German. Illustrated by pp.[16] b/w photographs. First (NAP) edition. Pale blue linen, stamped silver. 8vo. pp. 262. VG+/VG-/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, overall page toning in jacket with shallow edge chips and tears, rubbed at folds, toned rear..

Kansas City, MI: Hallmark Cards, December 1960. Illustrated by b/w photographs. First thus edition. first performed 1959 as "Western Child". Brown checked paper covered boards, paper spine and topboard titles. 8vo. pp. 61. Very Good/In like jacket/No price in mylar. Minor board bumps in jacket with edgewear and rear soil, one short closed rear tear..

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1907). First thus edition. 1492 Operatic Series {piano and voice, baritone or mezzo-soprano in C}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. [2], 4. Good. Short tears, tape repair on fold, toning. Includes page of Harry B. Smith lyrics in verse..

New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc, n.d. Libretto printed for the Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera. Kirsten Flagstad rear cover. Stapled-wrap, grey cover. Small 4to. pp. 36, 37-40 "O! Night of Love" music notation. Near Fine. Original German with correct English translation..

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Stated First edition. Black cloth. 8vo. pp. xiv, 338. Fine/VG+/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear and soiling to jacket..