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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. FIRST EDITION THUS, THIRD PRINTING STATED. Includes HANDWRITTEN NOTE AND SIGNATURE FROM VAN LOON. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/GOOD+. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE ARTS by Hendrik Willem van Loon. This RARE COPY includes the following HANDWRITTEN NOTE from Van Loon on back of dust jacket, referring to his timeline of the arts on reverse of doubled dust jacket: "To S & S--Last Minute Note--IMPORTANT--Please be sure that this is printed where every reader will see it. H.v.L." Dr. Hendrik Willem van Loon was a prominent Dutch-American historian, journalist and award winning author. Starting with the cave drawings of 2500 BC and continuing until the 20th Century, Dr. van Loon presents in 677 pp. (including index) a comprehensive history of how art, theater, music and the 'minor arts' evolved. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Heavy, may require extra postage. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges were originally colored, but color has faded to a…
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The Arts
by Hendrik Willem van Loon
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- First edition thus, Third printing stated
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Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets: Revised and Enlarged Edition
by George Balanchine and Francis Mason
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- Second revised and enlarged edition, First printing thus
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1977. SECOND REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Fine. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents BALANCHINE'S COMPLETE STORIES OF THE GREAT BALLETS. Arguably the world's greatest choreographer and teacher of ballet in the 20th Century, George Balanchine joins his friend, dance critic and long time proponent Francis Mason, to cover all the major ballets with multiple photos of principal dancers performing their signature roles. Conjoined with the stories of individual ballets are a brief history of ballet, a chronology of significant events, an interview with Mr. Balanchine concerning his career, "ballet for your children," careers in ballet, notes and comments on dancers and dancing, a complete glossary of terms, and an index. 5 5/8" x 8 3/8", 902 pages (oversize, may require additional postage), with no dust jacket, this is a VERY HANDSOME volume presenting dark rose designed boards with quarter bound black cloth as the cover,…
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From Opera to Uproar: A light-hearted Guide to the Most Glamorous Show on Earth
by Hope C. Mihalap
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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an EXTREMELY RARE piece of Memorabilia, FROM OPERA TO UPROAR by HOPE MIHALAP. Hope Mihalap was Secretary to the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager, Rudolf Bing, and was one of the founders of the Virginia Opera Association. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (booklet form), 23 pages in Fine condition. Paper cover is black w/ b/w photo of author in her debut acting role at Virginia Opera ("Duchess of Krackenthorp" in THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT) with particulars in white, condition Very Good. One of the most enjoyable essays on opera ever written.
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Gluck and the Opera: A Study in Musical History
by Ernest Newman
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1967. reprint. Hardcover with the ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD PLUS/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents GLUCK & THE OPERA, a reissue of the ERNEST NEWMAN book published in 1895 by Bertram Dobell. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians described Ernest Newman as "the most celebrated British music critic in the first half of the 20th century." This book studies in detail Christoph Willibald von Gluck, one of just a few 18th Century musical geniuses who created the opera genre. 5 1/4" x 8", 300 pages including index, with ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET encased in mylar. Overall condition of the book is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages (all edges tinted) = Very Good Plus: tint on edges has worn off, first and last fep's as well as pages 6 and 7 have stain from mylar jacket protector, non author dedication plus owner sticker on first fep, else clear, tight, sharp, no additional marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with…
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The Golden Age of Opera
by Robert Tuggle
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- First edition stated, First printing by number line
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- 9780030577789
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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First edition stated, First printing by number line. Hardcover. AS NEW/FINE. Herman Mishkin. FINE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an OPERA COLLECTORS ITEM EXTRAORDINARY: THE GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA was written and published in 1983 by ROBERT TUGGLE, who was at that time the Director of Archives for the Metropolitan Opera. He used official photographs in the archives taken by Herman Mishkin, the Official Photographer to the Metropolitan Opera from 1910 to 1932. To top it off, ANTHONY BLISS, General Director of the Met from 1974 to 1985, wrote the Forward to the book. There are nearly 200 black and white photos and biographies of opera singers who performed in New York opera houses from 1906 to through 1932. This FIRST EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS has never been reprinted since the 80's, and is next to impossible to find in this condition. 8 3/4" x 10 1/4", 246 pages (may require additional postage) with…
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THE LIFE OF MOZART, Volumes II and III of 3: translated from the German by Pauline D. Townsend, with a Preface by George Grove, Esq., D.C.L.
by Otto Jahn
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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE LIFE OF MOZART, Volumes II and III of 3, by Otto Jahn, translated from the German by Pauline D. Townsend, with a Preface by George Grove, Esq. D.C.L. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1882. 5 5/8" x 9 1/8", Vol. 2 = 478 pages, Vol. 3 = 443 pages plus an appendix of 4 "facsimiles" (a letter, and 3 samples of composition, as described on unnumbered page following page 443. No dust jackets, ex-reference library, missing volume I. Definitive biography of Mozart. Overall condition = Good. Rough cut quarter pages, most of those in Volume III being unseparated (and therefore unread), while quarter pages opened by hand in Volume II, making for exceedingly rough top edges, reverse covers and first and last fep's have floral designs. One of facsimile pages separated and laid in. Cover (brown cloth boards with debossed frame front and back, gold gilt particulars front and spine) = tight, light foxing, somewhat faded,…
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Ludwig van Beethoven
by edited by Joseph Schmidt-Gorg and Hans Schmidt
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- Reprint of the 1970 edition
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Hamburg: Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, 1974. Reprint of the 1970 edition. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the Bicentennial Edition of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. This is a handsome, oversized (12 3/4" x 12 1/2", will require additional postage) volume is the size of a 33 1/3 LP for a reason--it originally accompanied the issuing of a complete LP set of the Beethoven nine symphonies by Deutsche Grammophon. In its 276 pages are contained a detailed biography of the master composer, detailed analyses of his works, approximately 200 illustrations (roughly 2/3 of which are in color, and many of which are full-page). There is no dust jacket. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages (first and last reverse covers and first and last fep's are dark red to match the cover) = FINE: 2 water marks on outer edges, else very tight, white, sharp and square with no markings. Cover (dark red cloth boards with paste on photo of a sculpture of Beethoven front and all particulars in…
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The New Kobbe's Complete Opera Book
by Earl of Harewood, editor
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- Seventh edition
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New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1976. SEVENTH EDITION. Very Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE NEW KOBBE'S COMPLETE OPERA BOOK. With 1,694 pages (oversized, may require additional postage), this book of operas is arguably the definitive book of the Twentieth Century defining, describing and narrating every major opera to date. The Earl of Harewood completely updated and revised this Seventh edition (hence the word "New") and added a preface to it. 6 3/16" x 9 1/4", with no dust jacket. Overall condition is Very Good. Pages = Very Good: tanning to outer edges yet no tanning to printed pages themselves, underlining in Table of Contents and one or two additional pages, non author inscription on front end paper, else tight, clear, sharp, no additional markings. Cover (dark red cloth boards with particulars on spine in dulled silver gilt) = heavily sunned, full page horizontal scratch front, else very tight, sharp, no tearing or unraveling.
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The Nutcracker
by E T A Hoffmann (new translation by Aliana Brodmann\)
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- ISBN 13
- 9781556705304
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- 1556705301
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New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING STATED. AS NEW/AS NEW. Gennady Spirin. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents this ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FIRST EDITION copy of THE NUTCRACKER, using "Arches Watercolor Paper" from France to produce the brand new full color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Includes AS NEW ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. The familiar tale literally comes to life on the pages. The perfect CHRISTMAS GIFT, the end papers alone are DESIGN WORKS OF ART! 8 1/2" x 12 1/4" (oversized, may require additional postage), 99 pages, in an impeccable ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. The hard cover book is AS NEW. The cover features the famous color painting of The Nutcracker on flat "Christmas" green stiff paper, with a beautiful script in Gold gilt for particulars. The unclipped dust jacket (also AS NEW) is an exact replica of the cover, but even shinier!
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A Treasury of Grand Opera
by Henry W. Simon, editor
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Slipcased. FINE/VERY GOOD. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TREASURY OF GRAND OPERA (edited by HENRY W SIMON), in its Very Good ORIGINAL DECORATED SLIPCASE. A short history and story of each opera accompanies the piano vocal score of selected famous arias from DON GIOVANNI, LOHENGRIN, LA TRAVIATA, FAUST, AIDA, CARMEN and PAGLIACCI. Piano arrangements are by Albert Sirmay, translations by George Mead, while the music supervisor is William Steinberg. Editor Henry W. Simon was a prominent New York music critic for many years. Illustrator RAFAELO BUSONI(the son of famous composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni) fled WWII persecution by emigrating to New York, subsequently illustrating dozens of books and musical scores. 9" x 11 7/8", 403 page softcover (oversized, may require additional postage). Overall book is FINE, with a VERY GOOD ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Pages =…
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