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First edition; 2 vols, oblong folio (330 x 260mm, 13 x 10 1/8 in); orchestral score with libretto in Italian and German, vol. I with additional engraved vignette title by Bolt after Kinninger (foxed) of the supper scene between Commendatore and Don Giovanni, printed title with attractive ink presentation to upper corner margin, dated 1877) and 2 following pp. of text, engraved musical score 6-292pp, vol. II with printed title and engraved musical score 294-590pp, with separate printed divisional title 'Anhang von spaeter eingelegten Stuecken', some sporadic light foxing and minor staining, mostly to final leaf of vol. I, some leaves trimmed at upper edge with loss to pagination in vol.2 but in the main clean and bright; modern diced calf, upper covers lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, most attractive.
£9,500 -
4to (285 x 230 mm); engraved vignette title with portrait of John Gay, Table of the Songs, Dramatis Personne 1777, Introduction, the playscript, and music score with libretto, toned, a few random spots or marks, otherwise very good; later full polished calf, scuffed, marked and bumped but very sound.
£400 -
Small 8vo (13 x 8.25cm) pp.( [1-112], 1-19, two stylish ink bird drawings on front endpapers, with drawing on ffep recto and previous owner's annotations, library stamp upon title page and at top margin of page [39]; ink notation at bottom of page [5], ink annotations on pages [35], [93], [97], and rear free endpaper verso. Original purple cloth gilt rubbed and worn, shelf number handwritten in white ink at spine heel; a good firm copy.
£350 -
Fifth edition, 8vo., 511pp., 8 pages of ads at end, original yellow printed wrappers, an excellent copy.
£250 -
First U.S. edition; 8vo; inscribed by the playwright on front free endpaper; publisher's taupe cloth, dust-jacket, lightly dust-soiled, chips, creases and short tears to extremities, the latter mostly to spine ends, otherwise internally fine.
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First edition; small 4to (205 x 205 mm.); frontispiece and illustrations; publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket, a very good copy.
£75 -
First edition, 8vo (18 x 11 cm) x, (2), 152pp.,Contemporary paper-covered boards, marked with ink on upper cover,label, rubbed and partly worn away, spine partly split; overall a good copy, housed in modern black foldover box, black morocco label, gilt lettered.
£6,500 -
Large folding engraved hand coloured chart mounted on linen, edged in blue silk; size: (65.3 x 100.7 cm) housed in an original marbled slipcase, red morocco label, gilt lettered.
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Caruso seated with right hand holding cigarette and leaning on cane, signed boldly and diagonally upwards, 85 x 140mm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 ins), mounted, 240 x 1295 mm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 ins), near-fine.
£850 -
4to., xxiii (1), 123 pp. the odd, random spot, neat ink presentation to margin of half-title, otherwise fine, publisher's quarter vellum over read cloth gilt, top edge stained red, fore-edge a little spotted but not weeping to leaves, otherwise and very crisp and bright.
£175