Search Results: Titles starting with E from Schubertiade

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original carte-de-visite photograph by Disderi of Paris, ca. 1850. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.5 x 10.5 cm). Verdi is shown seated at his desk, looking off to the side. With the photographer's imprint at bottom and on verso, a few scattered light marks, overall very fine.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A very rare early signed trimmed program from the marvelous French violinist, mounted together with two small original photographs from the event, the program cover, and the signature of his long-time collaborator, pianist Pierre Barbizet. The then only eighteen-year-old Ferras has signed boldly in pink ink across the typewritten trimmed program, "En souvenir de Christian Ferras," and two small original snapshots of him playing and signing autographs have been mounted beside the signature. Above and on the facing hinged mat, the cover and another image from the concert program are mounted, together with a small autograph signature and address of the pianist, Pierre Barbizet. The concert took place on December 15, 1951, in Helmstedt, Germany, and included the Brahms violin sonata op. 108. Light toning and wrinkling to the autograph, otherwise in fine condition. Autograph size approx. 6.5 x 5 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm); total size of each of two hinged pages 8.25 x 11.75… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original printed "Revised Release Script / 25.5.60" typescript. Produced, bound and issued for the 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne's stage play of the same name.Blue card wrappers. Title page; 82 pages. Pages and wrapper Fine, bound with three staples. Title with the diminutive ownership signature "Olivier" in blue ink upper right. Light wear and toning around the edges, else fine. The film stars Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, a failing third-rate music-hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as the music-hall tradition fades into history and his personal life falls apart. It was filmed on location in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe.Olivier was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Upright folio. One unpaginated bifolium. Basel: Max Pohl-Wohnlich Musikalienhandlung, n.d. No. PN. Graphically striking decorative title in red and white, with writing in black. Music to fol. 1v and 2r; fol. 2v blank. Piano piece, probably intended for children; more pieces for children, likewise obscure, advertised to foot of fol. 2r. Somewhat frayed and foxed, small surface loss to upper left corner. The publishing house of Max Pohl-Wohnlich existed in the early twentieth century.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A rare signed photograph from the influential American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences. Inscribed "To Paul /Best Wishes / Sincerely / Pearl E. Primus" in black ink to the lower right corner.  The photograph was taken by dance photographer John Lindquist, the longtime photographer for Jacob's Pillow.  Photographer's stamp to verso.  Some surface crazing, small crack to upper right edge, overall in fine condition. 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm.).Primus is shown in an action photo with traditional African costume elements and with two drummers partially visible behind her. The photograph is from her second visit to Jacob's Pillow, July 21 and 22, 1950, after she had returned from Africa several months earlier, and during which she her new works were performed in a section of the program titled "Excerpts from an African Journey."John Lindquist (1890–1980), who had begun… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oversize exhibition photograph, ca. 1929. A finely printed original bromoil gelatin silver print measuring 16.5 x 13.5 (34 x 42 cm); with mat: 20 x 24 in (51 x 61 cm ). Stamped by the photographer on verso. In very fine condition. Although not so recognized today, Fitz was an affiliate member of the Society of Photographic Illustrators and the Philadelphia Camera Club and a highly lauded advertising photographer in the 1920s and 1930s whose clients included many of the era's largest American businesses—from Chevrolet Motor Company and AT&T to Ivory Soap and Ipana Toothpaste. Before launching his professional career in 1920, Fitz worked as an amateur pictorialist, submitting his highly aesthetic compositions to international competitions.  But in the 1920's he switched to the precisely lighted, graphic style then developing as the modern advertising style of the day, a style he was very influential in developing. An exhibition of his advertising Photographs… Read More