![Item #004099 Musik für Alle: Offenbachheft [Jahrgang IV, Heft 7]. Jacques Offenbach](/pictures/thumb/004099.jpg?v=1472082333)
Berlin: Ullstein & Co., 1908. Paperback. 137-160 p.: music, illustrations; 30 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. The music is a piano realization, with lyrics; accompanied by a few illustrations. "Gessler" in ink at upper edge of first page. Contents: from Orpheus in der Unterwelt: Menuett und Schäterlied, and Der..... More
Dublin: William Jones, 1791. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell." iv, [1], x-xii, [3], 16-96 p.; 17 cm. Disbound. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: disbound; chipping to edges of final leaf; occasional soiling and discoloration; otherwise, clean and tight. More
New York: New American Library, 1987. Paperback. 251, [5] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A Signet Mystery. Publisher's advertisements precede and follow text. A mystery set during the 1915 Metropolitan Opera season, featuring soprano Geraldine Farrar, tenor Enrico Caruso, and conductor Arturo Toscanini. In Very Good+ Condition: edges..... More
![Item #007513 Nobody's Child: A Romantic Drama in Three Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 2]....](/pictures/thumb/007513.jpg?v=1581714987)
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1876. Paperback. 38, [2] p.: plan; 20 cm. Pale yellow wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers. No date of publication. The series listing goes up to no. 199, which was published in 1876. Final 2 unpaginated pages contain listing of De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic..... More
![Item #007518 A Tell-Tale Heart: A Comedietta, in One Act [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 150]....](/pictures/thumb/007518.jpg?v=1581714989)
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1882. Paperback. 15, [5] p.: plans; 20 cm. Light yellow wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 5 unpaginated pages following text. No date of publication. Although the imprint is "Robert M. De Witt," which should not have been used after he died in..... More
Boston: Walter H. Baker Co., 1894. Paperback. [2], 174 p.; 19 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "John W. Cooper Univ. of Penn'a, 1921-22." In Good Condition: some wrapper loss at ends of spine and edges; minor loss at upper corner of..... More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1904. Hardcover. 186 p.: music; 28 cm. Half morocco with gilt, blue, and green marbled boards. Gilt-stamped spine title and ornamentation. All page edges red speckled. Grey endpapers. Last leaf (pp. 185-86) is repeated. Front free endpaper bears name: Sargent. Gustav Luders and Frank..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1900. Hardcover. xxvi, [2], 564 p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 21 leaves of portraits: in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church..... More
![Item #001740 Manon Lescaut: Opera in Four Acts [Libretto]. Giacomo Puccini](/pictures/thumb/001740.jpg?v=1472082212)
New York: Franco Colombo, 1965. Soft Cover. English version by Walter Ducloux. vi, 61 p.; 26 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: Metropolitan Opera. At head of title page: Franco Colombo, Inc. Collection of Opera Libretti. Contains Italian text on left-hand pages and English on right-hand. In..... More
London: John Stockdale, 1800. Printed by Thomas Gillet, Salisbury Sqaure, London. xi, [2], 10-78 p.; 20 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Includes Prologue by William Sotheby and Epilogue by J. Taylor. First edition. Lists the cast from the 1800 production at the Drury Lane Theater, including Messers Aickin, Kemble..... More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1898. Hardcover. "Édition Nouvelle a L'Usage des Classes par N.-M. Bernardin." [4], 140, [2] p.; 18 cm. Black cloth spine with printed paper spine label; beige paper over boards printed in black. Back cover and page facing title page contain publisher's advertisements. Stamp in purple ink..... More
Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883. Hardcover. Vol. 3 only. [4], 286, [2] p.; 14 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled author and black leather label in third compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled..... More
New York: Wardle Corbyn, 1857. Paperback. "First produced at Niblo's Garden." 11, [1] p.; 23 cm. Pink wrappers; front wrapper printed in black within decorative border; back wrapper blank. "Corbyn's American Edition of Ballet and Pantomime Books" -- at head of front wrapper. Translated from Jerome Ravel's original French manuscript..... More
Hamilton, Canada: Cromlech Press, 1979. Hardcover. [2], 83 p.; 22 cm. White cloth with black spine title; illustrated pastedown on front cover printed in green and black. Signed by the author in red on front free endpaper. William Bernard Ready (1914-1981) was University Librarian at McMaster University, which holds the..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Hardcover. Fourth printing, June 1965. [4], 316 p., 8 pages of unpaginated illustrations; 21 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Spine title on dust jacket: Where's the Rest of Me?: The Ronald Reagan Story. The title is a line from..... More
Worthington, Mass. K. McDowell Rice, 1905. Paperback. Second edition. 43, [21] p.; 20 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Advertisements for other plays by the author on final 20 unpaginated pages. Katharine McDowell Rice (1859-1945) was an author of children's books and many humorous plays. She studied dramatic literature and..... More
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1874. Paperback. 15, [25] p.: plan; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers. No date of publication. The series listing goes up to no. 172, which was published around 1874. The unpaginated pages following the text contain a pubisher's catalog of De Witt's..... More
![Item #005785 The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield [provenance: the author and Thomas Ridgway]. Edward...](/pictures/thumb/005785.jpg?v=1508535650)
London: William Heinemann, 1898. Hardcover. [8], 272 p., engraved frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stapled spine title. Top page edges green. No dust jacket. Small label on back fixed endpaper for The Times (Book Club), London. Pencilled notation on front fixed endpaper indicating..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Hardcover. xvi, 339, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Includes list of films cited, and index. Contents: Made in America -- The Jolson Story -- "Democracy and Burnt Cork"..... More
New York: Broadway Books, 2000. xviii, 374 p.: 1 photograph at the beginning of each chapter; 23 cm. Paperback, with color illustrated front cover. Includes acknowledgments. First Broadway Books trade paperback edition. ISBN 0-385-49678-8. The author "separates fact from fiction for more than three hundred important historical films, in the..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1992. Hardcover. First Printing April 1992. x, [4], 352 p.; 24 cm. Green and blue cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. An insider's explanation of how Hollywood works by the Hollywood reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Book is in Very Good Condition: cover..... More
New York: Three Sirens Press, 1931. Hardcover. Copyright 1931 by Illustrated Editions Co. 184, [2] p.: full-page illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. Salmon endpapers. Red ribbon bookmark. Printed by J.J. Little & Ives Co., New York. Publisher's catalog on final..... More
Paris: Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1904. Hardcover. [8], 215 p.; 19 cm. Morocco-grain cloth over flexible boards with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. All page edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. "Deux cent quatre-vingt-cinquième mille." Advertisements for other works by Rostand published by Eugène Fasquelle on page facing title page. In..... More
Paris: Charpentier Et Fasquelle, 1924. Hardcover. [12], 262, [2] p.; 20 cm. Half red calf with red-and-gilt marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Top page edges gilt. Matching red-and-gilt marbled endpapers. Undated inscription on first blank leaf following front endpapers. Former..... More
Dublin: William Jones, 1971. Printed by Graisberry and Campbell." vi, [5], 14-84, [2] p.; 17 cm. Disbound. An adaptation of Massinger and Field's The Fatal Dowry. The male character who seduces and betrays one of the female characters is named Lothario, the name which has come to be used to..... More