Decorations by Ron Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon), pictorial title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; plain blue/grey card wrappers, stapled; within pictorial dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves slightly offset; The Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, 1957. First edition. Black Bull Chapbooks..... More
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
Traditional dancing in Australia. Pp. 208, decorative title page, numerous text illustrations (some full page), printed music, bibliography, glossary, index of dances; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper worn, edges rubbed, with a couple of small chips and splits, the front flap slightly soiled and..... 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
Pp. 222, illustrated; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper; The Citadel Press, Secaucus, N.J., 1979. 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
Pp. x+342, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, notes, appendices, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. More
Pp. xii+188, frontispiece portrait, plus 7 plates, pictorial series endpapers printed in brown, printed music, appendices (including bibliography), index; beige cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and split; a little light foxing and occasional browning; J. M...... More
A Literary Life. Pp. x+690(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2014. First edition. More
Being the reminiscences of a nonagenarian. Pp. 320, frontispiece portrait, index; green cloth, lettered and ruled in black, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and torn; the free endpapers lightly offset, name and date (1938) in ink on lower free endpaper, hinges..... More
Eight Oxford Lectures. Introduction by Dame Ninette De Valois. With drawings by William Chappell. Pp. xii+148, frontispiece, plus 16 plates, text figures, pictorial tailpieces, short bibliography, appendices, index; two-tone cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves foxed; Oxford..... 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
The complete librettos illustrated with designs for the first productions. Preface by Peter Pears. Contributions by Janet Baker, Basil Coleman, Eric Crozier, Colin Graham, Hans Keller, John Piper, Myfanwy Piper, Andrew Porter. Pp. xxxii+384, black & white title page vignette, plus numerous full page illustrations (several coloured), select bibliography, index;..... 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
The Art and the Life, by John Ardoin. The Great Years, by Gerald Fitzgerald. Pp. [vi]+282, profusely illustrated (many full or double page), pictorial endpapers, chronology, index; roy. 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back..... More
With Performance Annals 1947-1974 by Arthur Germond. Pp. x+422, illustrated throughout, pictorial endpapers, discography, selected bibliography, indices; demy 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, mulberry papered boards, a couple of tiny splits to spine extremities, edges of uppre board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges..... More
