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
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
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
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
Autobiography. Pp. 264, 24 plates, appendices, index; boards a trifle canted, fore-corners slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; small surface graze from sticker removal near top fore-corner of half-title page; bottom edge of a couple of leaves slightly damp stained;..... More
Pp. xx+1012, mostly printed double column, text illustrations and music, index; thick cr. 4to; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed and creased; Ebury Press, London, 1997. Eleventh edition, second printing. More
Interviews and Reports Compiled and Adapted by Wolfgang Haefeli. Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. Pp. 268, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendices, bibliography; square 4to; fore-corners of lower board lightly bruised; dust wrapper; Chartwell Books, Inc., [Secaucus, New Jersey], 1976. Reprinted. *'Bringing together for the first time..... More
Pp. 260(last colophon verso blank), frontispiece, plus 32 plates, text illustrations; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, a trifle sprung, the top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of foxing;..... More
Text by Martin Mayer. Gerald Fitzgerald career chronology, recorded repertory, photo editor, captions. Foreword by Herbert von Karajan. Pp. 224, 30 coloured plates (2 double page), numerous black & white illustrations; med. 4to; fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Robert..... More
Special photography by Judith Kovacs, Robin Matthew and Mirella Ricciardi. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), index; med. 4to; tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First Australian edition..... More
With an essay by Edward Sackville-West on the novel and the operas, and wood engravings by Valentin Le Campion. Pp. 220, frontispiece, text illustrations, decorative title page and tailpiece; plum cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed..... More
Pp. x+758, printed double column, 56 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, glossary, indices; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black; dust wrapper; Macmillan, London, 1996. First edition. More
Compiled by Joan Sutherland with Richard Bonynge. Tribute by Luciano Pavarotti. Pp. 192(last blank), frontispiece, numerous text illustrations; med. 4to; top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Craftsman House, Sydney, 1986. First edition. More
Introductions by Richard Bonynge and the Earl of Harewood. Foreword by Edmund Capon. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, printed endpapers, list of performances, bibliography; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Art Gallery of New South Wales/Honeysett Publications, Sydney, 1989. First edition..... More
Pp. 192, frontispiece plus 10 plates, pictorial endpapers, list of recordings; edges of boards lightly rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly frayed; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, name in..... More
Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, chronology, bibliographical note, index; tall post 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split; Thames & Hudson, London, 1980. First edition. More
