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Paris: Choudens [PN A. C. 14335], 1914. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in gilt-ruled compartments. 1f. (title in red and black), 1f. (cast list and acts), 1f. (notes on first performance and named cast list), 1f. (recto contents, verso notes), 423, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Davelli, Tiphaine, Jean Périer, Vieuille, Delvoye, Vigneau, De Creus, Azéma, Cazeneuve, Audouin, Payan, Donval, Thibaud, Reymond, Brun, Deloger, and Corbières. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Uniform light browning; some signatures split; former owner's signature ("S. Lavigne") to title; former owner's handstamp ("Georgette Engel Bizet") to first few leaves. First Edition, first issue.

Paris: Choudens [PN A. C. 13023], 1904. Large octavo. Half dark purple calf with textured purple cloth boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, marbled endpapers, original publisher's wrappers bound in. 1f. (title), 1f. (dedication), 1f. (notes on first performance and named cast list), 1f. (index), 371, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Marguerite Carré, Muratore, Dumesnil, L. Beyle, Dufranne, Vieuille, Sizes, Allard, Huberdeau, and Viguié. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Light uniform browning, a bit heavier to title. Small tear to outer edge of p. 23. First Edition.

Paris: Choudens [PN A. C. 12982], 1904. Large octavo. Disbound. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (title), 1f. (recto dedication, verso notes on first performance and named cast list), 1f. (index), 371, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast list includes Marguerite Carré, Muratore, Dumesnil, L. Beyle, Dufranne, Vieuille, Sizes, Allard, Huberdeau, and Viguié. With an autograph inscription by the composer to French operatic soprano Rosa Caron dated 1904 to dedication leaf. Wrappers worn and detached; chips to blank edges; soiling to inner margin; spine lacking. Slightly browned; minor signs of wear; sewing loose; circular stain to lower portion of front free endpaper and first two leaves; occasional creases and minor tears to edges; some signatures detached. Second version.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Cloth. 522 pp.

Kilkenny: Boethius Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. 158 pp. With numerous musical examples.

Octavo. 16 pp. With autograph signature in pencil of the noted American actor and singer. Slightly worn.

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and blue. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (recto title, verso printer's note), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original illustrated title by B. Delaroche), 7 (introduction), [i] (blank), 1f. (named cast list), 11-14 (contents), 1f. (full-page illustration), 291, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Poirier, Coupée, Lamarre, Rosalie, Person, Cartou, Chefdeville, La Tour, Le Page, Jacquet, Lamarre, and Fel. Facsimile of the reconstruction by Charles Poisot published in Paris. Number 35 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français.

Paris: Durand S.A. Éditions musicales [PN D. & F. 6051], 1970. Large octavo. Original publisher's lavender wrappers. 1f. (recto blank, verso publisher's catalogue), 1f. (title), 1f. (notes on first performance and named cast list), 2 (contents), 3-232, 1f. (recto printer's statement, verso blank) pp. Named cast includes Bréval, Gall, Hatto, mastio, Caro-Lucas, Laute, d'Elty, Mathieu, Courbières, Plamondon, Delmas, Gresse, Nucelly, Dubois, Triadou, Nansen, Carbelly, Gonguet, Corpait, and Cerdan. Occasional performance markings in pencil. Wrappers worn and faded; partially detached. First performed in Paris at the Académie Nationale de Musique on 13 May 1908.

Madrid: Arte Tripharia, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Small thick quarto. Original publisher's dark brown boards with titling gilt to upper and spine. 432 + 17 pp. Supplement. Musical examples in text. A facsimile of the work published in Paris by Ballard, 1722. Colección Musica Facsimil Seria a número MFa 34.

Paris: Durand & Cie. [PN D. & F. 8660], 1963. Large octavo. Original publisher's mottled blue wrappers. 1f. (title), 1f. (recto contents, verso notes on first performance and cast list), 55, [i] (blank) pp. Wrappers slightly worn and faded; titling to spine in black marker; small price handstamp to free front endpaper.

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and blue. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (recto title, verso printer's note), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original illustrated title), 9 (introduction), [i] (blank), [i] (named cast list), 12-15 (contents), [i] (blank), 1f. (full-page illustration), 311, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Jélyotte, Chassé, Fel, Chevalier, Person, Jacquet, Duperey, Poirier, La Tour, le Page, Coupée, Le Febvre, Dalière, Rollet, and Cuvillier. Wrappers slightly worn. Facsimile of the reconstruction by Charles Poissot published in Paris in 1883. Number 36 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français.

Paris: Durand et Cie. [PN D. & F. 6837], 1957. Large octavo. Original publisher's blue patterned wrappers. 1f. (decorative title), [i] (cast list), ii-iii (contents), [i] (blank), 261, [i] (blank) pp. Spine slightly creased. Uniform light browning; upper outer corners slightly creased; Italian bookseller's handstamp to title.

Paris: Durand & Cie. [PN D. & F. 6784], 1960. Large octavo. Original publisher's mottled blue wrappers. [i] (title), ii-iii (cast list and musical numbers), iv-v (contents), [i] (blank), 268 pp. Wrappers slightly worn and creased. Handstamp to title.

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and blue. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statement), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original illustrated title), 4 (introduction), [i] (named cast list), [iii] (contents), 1f. (full-page illustration), 324 pp. Named cast includes Eremans, Jélyotte, Dun, Chassé, Antier, Tribou, Pélissier, Monville, Cuignier, Mariette, Camargo, Dupré, and Dumoulin. Slightly worn. Facsimile of the reconstruction by Charles Poisot published in Paris in 1882. Number 12 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français.

1765. Oblong quarto (197 x 254 mm). Contemporary heavy marbled wrappers. Notated in black ink on 8-stave rastrum-ruled paper. 1f. (blank), 36, 1f. (recto with musical fragment on 7 hand-drawn staves, verso blank). A compilation of 25 vaudevilles (popular dance-based tunes often sung in theatrical contexts), airs, and operatic selections. Contains: 1. "Tatigue que quermu menage." For 2 baritone voices. Pp. 1-4. Unlocated. 2. "Sous tes chaines." For treble and alto voices. Pp. 4-6. Unlocated. 3. Berton, Pierre-Montan 1727-1780 "Une clarté plus pure." For treble and alto voices. Pp. 6-8. From the opera Deucalion et Pyrrha, 1755. Berton, a composer, conductor and arranger, "raised orchestral standards at the Opéra and assiduously looked for new talent; by updating performance techniques and facilitating the invitation to Paris of Gluck and Piccinni, he paved the way for those composers in France. Meude-Monpas described his conducting, and called him a 'sovereign master of the orchestra'." David… Read More

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and blue. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statemenet), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original illustrated title by B. Delaroche), 2ff. (introduction), [i] (named cast list), [ii] (contents), [i] (blank), 1f. (full-page illustration), 281, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Bourbonnois, Fel, Cuvillier, Eremans, Jelyotte, Albert, Dun, Pelissier, Lepage, and Mariette. Wrappers very slightly worn. Facsimile of the reconstruction by Théodore de Lajarte published in Paris. Number 32 in the series Chefs-d'Œuvre Classiques de l'Opéra Français.

Berlin: Merseburger, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Original publisher's light green decorative wrappers. 64 pp.

1 page. Folio, ca. 279 x 217 mm. Dated May 7, 1984. Signed in blue marker on personal letterhead with Rands's name, address and phone number printed at head and foot. "Thank you for your lovely note and the joyful hugs. Surprise, suprise! I had no idea, hint or anticipation and so the news came as an incredible shock. I hope it won't be long before I see you." Slightly worn; creased at folds. "In 1984 Rands was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Canti del sole, and shortly afterwards he became professor of music at Boston University and professor of composition at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1988 he was invited to Harvard University to become the Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music. From 1989 to 1996 he was also composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra, a particularly fruitful and fulfilling association for him. His orchestral music has always been characterized by a brilliance and high level of instrumental craftsmanship, and from the mid-1980s his thinking has increasingly… Read More

New York: Gordon and Breach, 1991. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. 248 pp.

London: BBC Publications, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 64 pp. BBC Music Guides 15.