Search Results: Performing Arts from The Wild Muse

Greenwich, Connecticu: New York Graphic Society, 1968. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1968. Oblong folio, 13" x 12", 306pp., with 256 illustrations, 30 color plates. Orange cloth with gilt titles. Fine in price clipped, very good dust jacket with several closed tears.. Fine/Very Good.

NY: Columbia University Press, 2014. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Columbia University Press, 2014, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xi+384pp., illustrated. Slowik follows filmmakers' shifting combinations of sound and image, recapturing the volatility of this era and the variety of film music strategies that were tested, abandoned, and kept. He explores early film music experiments and accompaniment practices in opera, melodrama, musicals, radio, and silent films and discusses the impact of the advent of synchronized dialogue. He concludes with a reassessment of King Kong and its groundbreaking approach to film music, challenging the film's place and importance in the timeline of sound achievement. As new. . 1st. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Large, thick folio, 11" x 13 1/2", 458pp., 763 illustrations, 361 in full color, many fold-outs. White cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Faint to mild foxing of edges of page block and cloth edges, small stain on flyleaf, else very good, clean, bright, straight and tight in very good dust jacket with a corner chip and a closed tear at the rear flap fold. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1980, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", ix+291pp., illustrated with 150 photo portraits. Black cloth with gilt titles. "John Kobal, one of the world's leading film archivists, has during the last twenty years discovered, collected, and studied a photographic treasure overlooked by the Hollywood for which it was created: the negatives and original prints of these remarkable 'glamour photographs' that were made in the 1920s and 1930s. Their function was publicity... in order to set in the minds of the audience (in accordance with the studio's strategy of the moment) the image of the Star." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a few short, closed edge tears. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

NY: Wings Books, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Wings, 1985, first printing. 4to., 10 1/2", x 11 1/4", vii+440pp., illustrated with over 2300 photographs and stills from the films. Black cloth with gilt titles and white paper over boards. Some waviness to page block, light edge rub to bottom of front board, small marker dot on top of page block, else very good, clean, bright in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1984. SIGNED First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Dodd Mead, 1984. Square 4to., 8 1/2 x 9 3/4." 260pp., profus. illus. b/w, color. Light soiling to white linen covers, o/w near very fine, unread. Dated inscription by Botto on t.p. " 4/5/92, Dear Belle - Happy birthday and best wishes. Sincerely, Louis Botto.". Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.. Illus.

NY: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002. New Edition. First edition thus. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/2", xiv+359pp., lavishly illustrated with b/w photos, color reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

NY: Atria, 2006. First edition. Hard cover issued without dust jacket. "A scrapbook-style souvenir album of Hepburn interviews, photos, and replicated memorabilia includes pieces from the late actress's estate and is complemented by removable elements and anecdotes by friends and family members." Published NY: Atria, 2006, first printing. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11", 192pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w photographs and vellum pockets containing facsimile memorabilia from her life. Pictorial laminated boards. Slight bump to one corner of front board, else fine. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

NY: Cosmopolitian Book Co, 1931. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Cosmopolitian Book Co., 1931, first printing. 8vo., 481pp. Glazed black cloth with silver and red titles, red endpages, top edge tinted red. Very good, clean, bright, unmarked. Two laid in R.K.O. programs (both dated September, 1932) of the first film version, with Irene Dunne and John Boles released in 1932: "R.K.O. Fordham Theatre", Bronx, NY - 8 page stapled wrappers printed in brown ink on cream paper; "R.K.O. Newsette" Fordham Theatre, 4 page b/w with many photos. All very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1990. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1990. Folio, 10" x 13", 303pp., 265 illustrations, including 142 plates in full color. Additional Texts by Isaac Albeniz . [Et Al. ] ; Sets and Costumes by Aleksandr Alekseev . [Et Al. ] ; Translated from the French by Ruth Sharman. Bound in silver leatherette with silver spine titles and silver embossed cover design of F. Leger, art endpapers. "Provides a history and ballet-by-ballet analysis of the Paris based ballet troupe who revolutionized the worlds of dance and art." Gift inscription on verso of flyleaf, else fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Berkeley: Univ of California Pr, 1987. First edition. Hard cover. Published Berkeley: Univ of California Pr., 1987, first printing. Ex-library copy with label and barcode. Very good, clean, tight copy. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London/Boston: Wolfe Pub./Plays Inc., 1972. Hard cover. Published London/Boston: Wolfe Pub./Plays Inc., 1972. 8vo., 512pp., illustrated with musical bars and lyrics. Very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1940. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Dodd, Mead, 1940, first printing. 8vo., x+524pp., illustrated with b/w photographs. "Key Largo", "Life With Father", "The Time Of Your Life", "The Man Who Came To Dinner", others. Black cloth with publisher's paper labels. Previous owner inscription and bookplate. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 2004. First edition. Trade soft cover. Published Bloomington: Indiana Univ Pr., 2004. 8vo., ix+433 pages, illustrated b/w photos. A near fine copy. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

NY: Katonah Gallery, 1989. First edition. Softcover exhibition catalog. Published NY: Katonah Gallery, 1989. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 11 1/16" x 8 1/2", (unpaginated) 24pp., illustrated with color and b/w reproductions. "Boris Aronson designed his first Broadway set in 1932 (for ''Walk a Little Faster'') and subsequently designed the sets for more than 100 productions, including ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Cabaret.'' Minor bump crease to top corner of front cover, slight cover scuff at edges, else very good plus, clean, bright, unmarked. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

NY: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976. 232 pages. Near fine ex-library copy. Pocket on rear end paper, dj glued on, labels on dj spine, else fine in dj. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989. 8vo., 6 1/2"x9 1/2." xvi+395 pages. Minor spot stains on bottom edge, corner, else very good plus in dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo..

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania / Mask and Wig Club, 1899. First edition. Original softcover. Published Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania / Mask and Wig Club, 1899. 12mo. wrappers, 32pp., plus printed covers. "Libretto by William Ernst, Jr. Introducing Rice's Company of Artists." Abrasion to top corner of front cover, sweating stain top corner of several sheets, soiling to covers. Good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

NY: Random House, 1939. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House, 1939, first printing. 4to., 9 1/4" x 1 2 1/4", unpaginated, illustrated with over 100 full page plates. Candid photos behind the scenes, Los Angeles, movie industry moments, players and extras. Glossy blue cloth with white titles. Mild fade rub at the crown and heel, some toning offset to rear pastedown from 1945 newspaper sheet, else very good plus in a fair dust jacket lacking the spine (front and rear panels and foldover flaps are present. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Fair. 4to.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First edition thus. Published NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Illustrated with 18 plates - photos from the film. Yellow cloth with decorative blue and red lettering, blue end papers. Outline darkening to the covers and spine, else a fine, untouched copy, with pristine interior. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.. Illus.