A Broadside History of Early Australia. Pp. 212, printed music, bibliography, notes, index of song titles; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked price, number stamp and tape mark at head of upper free endpapers, the text block..... More
Decorations by Ron Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon), pictorial title page printed in red & black med. 8vo; plain blue/grey card wrappers, stapled, with bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; plus pictorial dust wrapper, edges very slightly creased; outer leaves lightly offset; The Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, 1957. First..... More
A survey of 780 operas from 1597. Translated from the Italian by Catherine Atthill, Judith Elphic, Mary Fitton, John Gilbert, Virginia Renshaw, Judith Spencer, Pamela Swinglehurst. Pp. 512, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, indices; tall post 4to; a few faint bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust..... More
Illustrated by Diz Wallis. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour throughout (some full page); med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly at bottom fore-corner of back panel; Kingfisher, London, 1995. First edition. *Giselle, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Nutcracker, etc., including brief..... More
Pp. xii+768(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, London, 1976. First edition. More
Being a Third Supplement to the Complete Book of Ballets. Pp. xii+260, frontispiece, plus 54 plates, index; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and split, small surface graze from removal of sticker on front flap; a little light foxing; Putnam, London, 1945..... More
Pp. 212, frontispiece plus 46 plates, addenda, index; boards slightly flecked; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges worn and split, back panel soiled; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed and soiled; Putnam's Sons, London, 1952. Reprinted. More
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More
Published under the auspices of The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association. Illustrated by Rowland A. Beard. Pp. 40, coloured frontispiece and 3 full page illustrations, black & white title page decoration and full page map, printed music, bibliography; edges of boards lightly foxed; price-clipped dust..... More
An Intimate Celebration of Opera Australia. Photographs by Bridget Elliot. Prelude by Dame Joan Sutherland. Pp. x+246(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), index; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly scuffed; Opera Australia/Currency Press, Sydney, 2006. First edition. *'Everything that goes into bringing..... More
A study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-1966. Pp. xx+188(last blank), bibliography, index; top edges grey; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *Examines the thematic concern of writers like Gelber, Brown, Bellow and Miller, and the rise of a new, socially committed theatre as represented..... More
The life of John Bishop. Foreword by Stewart Cockburn. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, index; dust wrapper; lower pastedown slightly soiled; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Biography of the man who brought into being the Adelaide Festival of Arts. More
Forty Years with the ABC. Pp. viii+216; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted and slightly faded at edges; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and lightly worn, the laminate lifting or split at several points (mainly on back panel); inked gift inscription (dated 1977)..... More
Pp. xii+[362], text figure, numerous music scores, tables, indices; 8vo; dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Ashgate, Aldershot, Hants, 2005. Variorum Collected Studies Series. *Collected papers previously presented at conferences, etc. 'The articles in..... More
Pp. x+342, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, notes, appendices, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. More
Reminiscences of the stars of Australia's live radio. Pp. 144, title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Methuen Australia, Sydney, 1983. First edition. More
Signed by the composer, dated 1967; image size 12.5 x 7 cm.; glazed, within a plain metal frame. The photograph shows Britten seated at a desk, pen (or pencil?) in hand, with bookcases in the background and a piano in the foreground. *This photo is believed to be one of..... More
Pp. 96(last blank), frontispiece; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed; text block faintly browned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1985. First edition. *A paperback original. Carl Maria von Weber's opera Oberon was first performed at Covent Garden in 1826, with 'an execrable libretto by Planche which has..... More
An Introduction. Pp. [iv]+80, a few illustrations and several music scores; small cr. 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers with flap folds, lightly soiled and creased; several leaves slightly creased; Midsea Publications, Valletta, Malta, 1975. First edition. More
Assembly Hall, Tuesday, 24th April [cover title]. Single sheet, printed on both sides and folded to form 4 pages, including a portrait of the pianist on the cover; slightly soiled and creased; printed by P. E. Hambly Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, n.d.[1951]. *Recital programme. In 1950, young Melbourne pianist Monica Carbines..... More
Pp. 288, index; narrow post 8vo; beige cloth, spine lettered in purple & blue, top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with a few small splits and chips; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Readers..... More
Memoirs of a Workaholic. Pp. [viii]+200, 16 plates, index; tall demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned; Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1996. First edition. *The man behind the ABC's music programs "Singers of Renown" and "Music for Pleasure" [wrapper blurb]. More
Pp. xvi+352, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, indices; tall demy 4to; boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly faded; Cassell, Sydney, 1977. First edition. More
Printed books and music, manuscripts, autograph letters, documents, portraits. Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. Pp. xii+110+[2](colophon, verso blank), 49 plates (all but one full page), the title page printed in red & black, addenda, bibliography; tall cr. 4to; navy & beige cloth, lettered in gilt; book label of David Levine, Sydney..... More
