Edited Revised Earl Harewood (15 results)

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Unclipped : fair. First ed. thus; 1694 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; binding firm; unfaded crimson boards with still bright gilt lettering have one ding on upper corner of front panel but are otherwise very fine; glossy d.j. is clean and unfaded but chipped at edges. Inlaid WGMS "1991-1992 Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Schedule.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st American Edition. MARVELOUS: INDISPENSABLE: CIVILIZED: COMPANIONABLE: NEW: First American Edition (Orig. 1987), Second Printing (c. 1988): NEW handsomely-designed unclipped & unpriced mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW cover w/ natural wheat linen wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back panels harmoniously covered in pale ocher-gold rag paper & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles elegantly gilt-stamped on uncreased spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white end-papers on heavy stock, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & white cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished acid-free paper * 6.26" x 9.52" x 2.02", 1.53 kg, xvi+1404 (1420) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: It is no exaggeration to say that Kobbe is to opera what Bartlett is to quotations or Julia Child to cuisine: the unquestioned leader in its field. For almost 7 decades, through numerous editions & revisions, Kobbe has been the most compendious, authoritative & internationally oriented guide available in English. Here this famous work has been entirely reset, expanded, revised & updated in a manner zestfully responsive to the explosion of enthusiasm for opera, w/ the stories of more than 300 of the world's great operas related in detail, complete w/ musical examples, & w/ 29 operas added to this edition. Every entry is headed by a detailed log of the dates, places & casts of the significant premieres & revivals of each work. Sensitive to the operas of all eras, Lord Harewood has doubled the Handel entries to reflect the many bicentennial revivals of hs works, & has given equal attention to such modern composers as Blitzstein, Ligeti, & Philip Glass. He has also rewritten & enhanced the accounts of other operas from Wagner's 'Rienzi' to Janacek's 'Jenufa'. * HIGH PRAISE: "I know of no single-volume operatic guide that can possibly compare with Kobbe. It is indispensable." -Bernard Levin "For the opera-minded the name of Kobbe is as significant as that of Fowler for the word-wary." -Irving Kolodin "Here is the most civilized, the most companionablE of all opera guides." -Nicholas Kenyon, The Observer "Indispensable. Everyone would do it slightly differently; who but Lord Harewood could do it so well?" -Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: LORD HAREWOOD, a rare combination of operatic scholar & impresario, was Director of both of England's great opera establishments, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & the English National Opera. This splendid edition is the culmination of his three decades as editor of "Kobbe" & his assiduous labor for & deep devotion to opera. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Thick octavo. xvii, 1,694pp. Spine with a slight concave to it, corners rubbed, else a very good copy in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket with some edgewear.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Revised Edition. Sound tight decent thick hardcover, first printing of the 1954 revised version. Pages tanned, some photo=plates, gift inscription on half-title, no other markings. DJ has protective sleeve which has kept it clean and nice with minor corner wear, unclipped, the tape on the sleeve has left tape marks to the flyleaves but not the DJ. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket has a few small tears and small piece out of bottom front corner. Tanning of pages. Slight foxing of dust jacket and book block. This operatic encyclopeadia was first published in 1922 and by 1939 had reached its 10th reprint. In July 1954 a new edition, edited, updated and revised by the The Earl of Harewood was released. The book is recognised as the "operatic bible." It has three parts, pre-1800, the 19th century and the 20th century, each covers notable composers, operatic countries and notes of where operas were first performed, with major cast members. 1262 pages, including index, 32 black and white plates and sections of music scores. For overseas purchases postage would be individually priced because of the weight of the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. New Edition Completely Revised. Paperback. Kobbe's Complete Opera Book. Couple of very slight creases to cover. New edition, cmpletely redesigned and reset. Over 300 operad summarized, with descriptions of their music and the history of their performances. 29 more operas including works by Bellini, Birtwhistle, Blitzstein, Britten, Glass, Handel, Janacek, Knussen, Ligeti, Martinu, Massenet, Orff, Virgil Thompsin, Tippett, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ullmann and Verdi. Illustrated. 1404 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Revised Edition. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1700g.

Hardcover. Vintage Copy. Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. Hinge has started. A few tears to jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Repint. Hardback Some scuffing to corners.The Whole book bears the stamp of Authority and in scope goes far beyond any other guide (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Cloth DW (repaired) xvii + 1694pp .nr fine.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. In zeer goede staat. Hardcover zonder stofomslag. 1694 pp.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. In zeer goede staat. Hardcover met stofomslag. 1694 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edited and Revised. Hardback The Whole book bears the stamp of Authority and in scope goes far beyond any other guide some wear and tear to D/J book is very good maroon boards with gilt lettering 1262pp. Some scuffing to corners. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).