William Plomer Librettist (5 results)

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Previous owner's ink-marked brackets to some pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 38 pages. Notes; Libretto only. Subjects; Liturgical dramas. Operas, librettos. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and creased. Spine and wrappers sun-toned. Previous owner's ink brackets written on some pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 36 p. ; 20 cm. LIBRETTO ONLY. Notes; First performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1968. Subjects; Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 Prodigal son. Oratorios ; Librettos. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 41 pages. Notes; Libretto only. Subjects; Kanze, Motomasa 1395?-1432? ; Musical settings. Liturgical dramas. 1 Kg.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Reads: 'Dear Miss Cond, / I have pleasure in sending you my signature. As you will see, it is quite an ordinary one. / Yours very truly / William Plomer'. The signature is in fact rather stylish in an understated way, and the underlining has two small curls in it. In ink on otherwise-blank reverse, by someone who misread the signature: 'William Ploms'. See Image.…

FIRST EDITION, 2/100 COPIES signed by Britten and Plomer (in blue and purple ink respectively), printed on handmade paper, the prelims in facsimile of manuscript calligraphy, pp. [vii], 229, folio, original deluxe binding of full vellum, the composer's signature in blocked in gilt to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt, corners a little pushed, t.e.g., others untrimmed, original card slipcase a bit knocked with some tape-repair to splits, very good. A suitably lavish edition of Britten's Op. 53, composed for the Coronation of Elizabeth II, but in its theme harking back to the earlier Elizabethan age - its libretto by William Plomer, based on Lytton Strachey's 'Elizabeth and Essex', fashions a connection to the Bloomsbury Group. …