Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, pb, 403 pages. Color illustrated stiff paper wraps with gold and cream colored text on upper and black text on spine; edges of spine rubbed; tip at tail of spine on upper is creased, 1/4" tear on tail of upper. Interior pages clean, unmarked. This volume includes brief synopsis of the opera, an act by act description of what happens, and piano arrangements by Albert Sirmay with translations by George Mead. Operas included are Don Giovanni, Lohengrin, La Traviata, Faust, Aida, Carmen and Pagliacci. Binding is tight. Slip case as issued NOT included. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in tan cloth with illustration of ship on front cover. Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, some fading to spine and cover edges, rubs to paper on bottom cover corners. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Third printing. …

1946. (4to paper covers) Very good plus. 357pp. Black and white and color illustrations, musical notation. The covers and spine are lightly edgeworn. ".something real lies, I believe, in the very nature of grand oepra itself, and is a form of realism practically impossible to achieve in spoken drama. Spoken drama, because it deals in dialogue and action only, must focus on those comparatively few moments in our lives when something important is happening, usually in the presence of others. Such moments, however dramatic they may be, are likely to be less imtimately real" - from the Preface. Book about Aida, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Faust, Lohengrin & La Traviata. Arranged by Albert Sirmay. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Translated by George Mead. (Music, Music, Music Appreciation, Opera).…

[no date]. (Hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. 157pp. Brown leather decoratively stamped in gilt with raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt, moire endpapers, ribbon page marker, illustrations, publisher's brochure laid-in. There is a previous owner's name written on the publisher's bookplate on the front inner board. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Publisher series: Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Introduction by Thomas Carlyle. Translated by Theodore Martin. (Drama).…