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New York: E. Weyhe, 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 404 Pp. Black Cloth, First Printing, One Of 1675 Copies, This One Inscribed To Architect Edmund R. Purvis, Aia, With A Unique Typewritten Sheet Tipped On To P. 401 Updating Armitage's Autobio (In Brief) To 1958, Also Signed By Armitage. Near Fine, Bump To Lower Front Tip; Dj Clean And Unfaded, Small Edge Tears, A Few Minute Losses. Edmund R. Purves (1897-1964) Was Born In Philadelphia And Graduated From The Germantown Friends School In 1914. His Career At The Univeristy Of Pennsylvania, Which He Entered In 1914, Was Interrupted By World War I; But He Received Is B.S. In Architecture In 1920. After Graduation Purves Returned To France, Where He Attended The Atelier Gromort From 1920 To 1921. Upon His Return To Philadelphia, Purves Joined The Firm Of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, Where He Remained Through 1927, Only Spending 1925 With Willing, Sims & Talbutt. In 1927 Purves And Another University Of… Read More

New York: Richard R. Smith, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 504 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $3.50. Small Area Of Slight Browning At Gutter Edges Of Front Endpapers, And Binding Slightly And Partly Cracked After Front Free Endpaper

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Xi289 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Edition Stated. Slight Usage, No Marks, Light Soiling To Covers, Contents Very Clean.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition . Green Cloth. Fine Book/Good DJ. Portraits of Mary Garden and Rosina Galli. 271 Pp + 4 Pp Catalog Of Huneker's Books At End. Clean, Hinges Tight, Gilt Bright, No Names Or Marks. Dj With 3/4" To 1" Irregular Hole At Left Center Of Front Panel, With Loss Of Some Of Cover Blurb Text, Small Chips And Tears At Corners And Edges Without Further Loss, 1" Diameter Damp Spot On Spine Adjacent To The Large Hole, Very Large Damp Spot On Part Of Upper Spine And Mostly In Center Top Of Rear Panel.

New Yrk City Ny: Farrar Straus, 1950. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 96 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. No Indication Of Later Printing. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket, Gift Or Archive Quality. Eleanor Elise Robson Belmont (1879 - 1979) Was A Strikingly Beautiful English Actress And A Prominent Public Figure In The United States After Her Marriage To August Belmont Jr. George Bernard Shaw Wrote Major Barbara For Her, But Contractual Problems Prevented Her From Playing The Role. Mrs. Belmont Was Involved In The Metropolitan Opera Association As The First Woman On The Board Of Directors, And She Founded The Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Moskva / Moscow: ???. ??????????? ???-??, Moskva : Gos. Muzykal'noe Izd-Vo, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Plates And Photographs Throughout. 566 Pp. 13 1/2" X 10 1/2" X 2" Decorative Cloth With Ussr Symbols In Shades Of Orange-Red, Beveled Edges. Red Marbled Endpapers, Faux-Morocco Spine Label. One Of 10,000 Copies. Silk Bookmark Bound In. Fine Photographs And Color And B/W Plates On Heavier Paper. Slight Wear, No Fraying, No Marks. International Postage $65 By Usps Priority Mail Box.

New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. First Printing (stated ) . Gray Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9 1/4" High. Numerous Color and Black and White Photographs. 240 clean, unmarked pages. With, a 1977 "Ambassador Auditorium" Progam , Pasadena, Califronia,(Sunday, February 6th) laid in. Beverely Sills was the featured performer. Previous owner's name and a program notation written in ink at top of FFEP. DJ not price-clipped and in a protective acetate cover.

New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. First Printing (stated ) . Gray Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 9 1/4" High. Numerous Color and Black and White Photographs. 240 clean, unmarked pages. DJ not price-clipped. Inscribed by author to "Irene" with best wishes.

New York City Ny: Frederick A. Stokes, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 300 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1924 Date On Title Page. Wear, Fraying At Corners And Top Edges Of Spine. Ownership Label Of Actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin.

Berlkin / Wien [Vienna]: Albert Limbach, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Color And Black Illustrations Throughout. 98 Pp., Mostly Full Page Illustrations, Many In Color. Cloth Stamped In Gilt And In Blind. No Names Or Marks. Wear With Small Frays At Four Of Eight Corners; Endpapers Browned, Gilt Still Brilliant; No Names Or Marks.

John Careddu Press. No Binding. Very Good. One of a set of photographs accumulated by William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A booklet with a 8" x 6 1/4" photo of Galli-Curci at top, advertising "The Fabulous Amelita-Curci Volume 3, a limited pressing of the John Careddu Press in New York City. With some correspondence from Granger to the Galli-Curci Foundation, and their answer.

Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xix, 424 D Black Boards. First Edition Stated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $26.95.

New York: Chappell & Co. Ltd., 1907. First American Edition Thus . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good +. 11 1/4" Tall. Color Cover By Archie Gunn. A clean copy, except that title page has additonal handwritten notations of the names of the touring company which did the complete April 4 and April 7 performance at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles, and a second cast which the notes indicate were active circa 1911 or 1912. (With) a magazine clipping showing George Damerel and Mabel Wilbur in their roles. (With) A large folding color brochure for the April 4 1910 performance at the Mason Opera house. (With) A folding color performance brochure for the "February 26" performance at the Majestic Theatre, Los Angeles, probably the 1911/1912 performance referred to in the handwritten cast notes.

First Edition: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 14 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red. Near Fine, Light Wear At Corners, No Names Or Marks, Red Lettering And Design All Very Strong. No Dust Jacket.

1966. Original Photograph & Letter . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" portrait photo of tenor Mario Chamlee and his wife, soprano Ruth Miller, nicely inscribed by Ruth Miller. . With a one page 14 line holograph letter to Granger dated July 20, 1967, describing this photograph as his last before his death, taken the previous year.

Autograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and autographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 7 line holograph note filling the page, signed, dated Sept. 14 (no year indicated, but probably circa 1965); photo not included.

1966. Autograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and autographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 7 line typed note on her personalized stationary, signed, dated March 11, 1966, with a clear signature.

Autograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and autographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 5 line holograph note , signed, undated. With his clipped return address, typed.

1973. Autograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and autographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 11 line typed note on her personalized stationary, signed, dated December 14, 1973, with a ;large, clear signature.

1970. Autograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and autographs sent to William Granger for his book, "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 14 line holograph note filling the page, signed, dated January 3, 1985, referring to Sherrill Milnes.