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
With photographs by Zoe Dominic. Pp. xvi+270, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous illustrations (several full page), appendix; med. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in silver; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle creased; Julia MacRae, London, 1982. First edition. 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
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
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
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Pp. 64, illustrated, plus comic strips; cr. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers; C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., London, n.d.[1959]. Mirabelle Pop, Film and TV Star Library. *Australian price on upper wrapper. 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. *English conductor. More
Edited and mainly translated by John Willett. Pp. xviii+268, chronological list, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in silver, spine blocked in red; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Methuen, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. xx+732, frontispiece, plus 32 plates, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Grove Press, New York, 1994. First edition..... More
8 plates, chronology, performances, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, backstrip slightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a little foxing, mainly to outer leaves; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1983. First..... 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
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 made newspaper headlines when she ran away..... 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
Pp. 352, frontispiece plus 22 plates, indices; price-clipped dust wrapper;Collins, London, 1972. First edition. *Memoirs of the lifelong partnership of Lewis Casson & Sybil Thorndike. More
With the collaboration of Louis Cottier, Fredy Baud, P. A. Muller & Edmond Droz. Edited by Howard M. & Helen F. Fitch. English translation by Joseph E. Roesch. Pp. xvi+304(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, addenda, notes, index; demy 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt;..... More
Pp. x+342(last blank), 16 plates, chronology, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly marked, the bottom fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Bantam Books, Sydney, 1996. First edition. *Autobiography. More
As told to Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock. Pp. xiv+338(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny chips; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Cassell, London, 1960. First edition. More
Edited by Paul Medlicott. Pp. 358, 16 plates; med. 8vo; qr. white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cyclamen papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned, front flap lightly creased; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1981. First U.S. edition. More
Pp. 134, frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, lightly soiled and worn, tear into front panel from bottom edges; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed;R ockliff, London, 1958. Theatre World Monograph No. 12. More
