Richard Wagner Andrew Porter (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing.near fien softwraps original.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: New. pp. 112.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A powerful music-drama on a grandf svcale, a full appreciatio nof which depends on an understanding of exactly what is being sung. Wagner's German was deliberastely archaic and romantic; until recently, there has been no singing translaytio nwhich transmits with genuine feeling the complex and literate text, matching the stress and inflectio nin the score. This translation provides the text in German. 329p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 0712906983. no dustjacket, 1976 Dawson limited edition 73/200, lacks slipcase & portfolio, bright clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with very light toning to the top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with a few small nicks to the spine. A very good copy of this well-known influential theatrical work.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Text is in German and English. Good staple bound paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Minor shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Front cover has some creasing on the corners and a few small stains. ; G. Schirmer's collection of opera librettos; 10.50 x 6.90 x 0.25 inches.

Stapled. Condition: Fair. B000FT6A3M Some very small stains, discolorations, and light corner crease to covers. Pgs 19-22 are included, but unattached. Pgs are unmarked. Written in German and in English. Tucked in is an article, possibly from "Playbill", about "The Flying Dutchman" entitled "The Background.". Book.

[Opera / Norse Mythology] LIMITED EDITION, an out-of-series copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), together with a suite of illustrations, housed in a slipcase (30 x 20cm), pp.xlii; 362. A parallel English and German edition, illustrated with fine woodcuts by Fraser (who also illustrated The Lord of the Rings' for the Folio Society). Together with a portfolio of the 46 woodcuts by Fraser printed separately on fine, thick hand-made paper, tied with a green ribbon. Both in creamy green cloth with illustrated paper title labels to upper, and maroon titles stamped to the spine of the book. Housed in a matching cloth-covered slipcase. An un-numbered copy from an official limitation of 200 copies thus. Internally crisp and clean. Toned to spines and slipcase, with some minor marks and bumps externally. Very good. Fraser's bold interpretation of Wagner's libretti, together with a separate collection of finely printed plates. Preliminary essays by the translator, Jeremy Noble, and Peter Branscombe.

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Signed by the artist. Limited edition, No. 109 of 200 copies. 2 vols in slipcase. Octavo. xlii, 362pp. original pale cloth with dark red spine titles and printed paper title label inset on front. With quarto folder containing 46 loose woodcut illustrations printed on T. H. Saunders mould-made paper by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions, Press. Slight fading and spotting around spines, slight fading to slipcase with spotting to base, otherwise near fine with excellent contents.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. One of two hundred specially bound copies accompanied by a separate suite of the illustrations on T.H. Saunders mold-made paper by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. This copy is No. 22. 14.8 x 24 cm putty coloured cloth with paste down image to the front and brown titles to the spine. Fawn endpapers, xli 362 pp with 39 black and white illustrations and six vignettes. Together with an additional complete suite of illustrations 19 x 28.5 cm tied in a green ribbon and contained within a cloth chemise with a paste down image echoing that on the book. Both are housed within a double slip case. Both the book and the illustrations are clean, bright and unmarked noting only a touch of toning to the spines. A beautifully illustrated edition with a lovely suite of additional illustrations. Rare Collector's Item.

CD. Condition: Very Good+. Volume 4; 4 CDs and booklet; all original materials present and in very good+ condition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.