A wonderful relic from the American stage actress and singer, her personal antique ivory handkerchief, 18" square with a 2" ruffled lace edge, embroidered with her initials "LR" under a coronet at center. Along with a book entitled "Just a Minute, Mrs. Gulliver" by Millie Considine, wife of columnist Bob Considine (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1967) which mentions the handkerchief on p. 64 as a gift given to Millie by Maxine deBiex. Very good condition. Ex: Hamilton, with the original Sept. 1983 catalog listing for the item. Three pieces.
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Hand-tinted sepia photograph of the American stage actress and singer, boldly signed in fountain pen ink "Very truly yours, Lillian Russell." Trimmed to 10.5 x 14 cm, small hole at upper edge, otherwise fine. A note on the verso records that the photo was signed at the NY Casino and that it shows Russell with a "trolley curl" in the center of her forehead, "popular at that time."
Hambourg [Leipzig]: D. Rahter. [ca. 1889]. Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée par l'auteur. Upright folio. Elaborate decorative title page, 19 pp. [PN] 2897. Read More...
Moscoq: A. Gutheil. [1893]. First edition. 10.5 x 14 inches, 75 pp. [PN] 6723. Title page in French with the dedication to Tchaikovsky. Bound in full green cloth, the original outer front wrapper printed in Russian affixed to the front board. Pages somewhat toned, overall in fine condition. Read More...
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Vintage candid photograph of the great composer/pianist standing in a doorway. 5.25 x 7.25 inches. In fine condition, with photographer stamps on the verso and 2 corners chipped.
Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1911. First edition. Score and parts. Upright folio (34 cm). 65, 11, 11, 11, 9 pp. [PN] 2874. Bound together with black cloth along spine (parts easily separated). Small abrasion to upper right corner of front wrapper, otherwise in fine condition throughout.
Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1898. First edition. Upright folio (34 x 27 cm), 22 pp. [PN] 1625 - 1630. With text by A.K. Tolstoi. Signed and inscribed in brown ink on the title page by the composer. In the original yellow printed wrappers, slightly chipped along the edges and spine but holding strong and very good generally. Internally fine throughout, with the name of the recipient of the autograph inscription rather clumsily erased/scratched, but with the inscription and signature itself unaffected. Read More...
Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1895. First Belaieff Edition. Piano -Vocal score. Upright folio. 260 pp. [PN] 979 (232, 1106, 1109, 1112, 1115, 1119, 1126, 1130). Original grey wrappers, decorative colorful title page in Russian with gilt lettering. Bound into later red cloth boards, in very fine condition. Read More...
Leipzig: M. P. Belaieff. 1889. First edition. 8vo (c.27 x 18cms). Chromolithographed title page, synopsis in Russian and French, music on pp. 3-227. [PN] 178. Modern cloth-backed paper boards, with publisher's front title-wrapper trimmed and affixed to front board. Covers worn, small tear in right margin of title page, inner gutters reinforced, overall a very good copy of this uncommon score. Read More...
Autograph letter to the American baritone Lawrence Tibbett (1896 - 1960). 1 page, on the composer's New York letterhead. Nov. 3, 1925. In full: "Dear Mr. Tibbett. I was on Sunday afternoon at the Mecca Hall and enjoyed particularly your interpretation of Mousorgsky's [sic] songs under the beautiful accompaniment of Mr. La Forge. As a Russian composer I would like to introduce to you and Mr. La Forge my Russian songs, published by the Boston Music Co. with English translation. Please let me know if you would be interested to have them and I will gladly send you complimentary copies upon your request. Cordially, Boris Levenson." In fine condition, together with a publicity flyer from the composer, enclosed with the original letter and both from Tibbett's collection. Read More...
Moscow: P. Jurgenson. [1894]. First edition. Piano score with reduction of the orchestral score for 2nd piano. Upright folio, gray printed wrappers. 51 pp. [PN] 19618. First edition in this arrangement, printed around the same time as the first edition in full score [with plate number 19616]. Fragile wrappers toned, some moderate chipping around edges and spine, small area of abrasion, otherwise fine and very clean throughout. Rare, Worldcat listing only 1 copy. Read More...
Rare original lifetime Russian cabinet portrait photograph of the beloved Russian composer of the Romantic era. 10.5 x 16.5 cm and in very fine condition.
Moscow: P. Jurgenson. [1882]. Edition Originale, Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée par l'auteur. Upright folio, score and parts. Piano score with decorative title page printed in gilt, blue, yellow and red, with following page illustrated with a memorial wreath and the dedication "A La Mémoire d'Un Grand Artiste." 115, 23, 23 pp. [PN] 5020. Fragile outer wrappers toned, some moderate chipping around edges and spine, otherwise fine and very clean throughout. Rare. Read More...
A remarkable collection of first and early Russian editions bound together in a fine royal binding, full gray morocco morocco by Thierry, St. de Petit-Simier with his signature gilt, gilt title to spine, inner dentelles elaborately decorated and ruled in gilt, silked endpapers, pages edged in gilt and with a pair of interlocking letter Cs in sterling silver (5.5 x 5.5 cm) affixed to the front board. Silk endpages slightly deteriorated around edges, overall very fine throughout. The collection as follows, in the order in which the pieces are bound: Read More...
Moscow & Leipzig: Jurgenson. 1901 - 1903. First edition. The rare complete set of three volumes published in pre-revolutionary Russia, with highly interesting and very special history and provenance, signed and gifted by the composer's younger brother Modest - a dramatist, librettist to his brother on several operas and eventually the author of this critical biography - to Tchaikovsky's physician, who was a trusted member of the Composer's household and present at the composer's death. Read More...
Autograph Musical Manuscript dated and Signed, "C. Saint-Saëns 1921," his choral work entitled "Aux Aviateurs" [actually his op. 164, retitled "Aux conquérants de l'air" to avoid confusion with op. 134], 105 bars written in 18 four-stave systems with lyrics by Saint-Saëns, in French. Signed on the terminal page. For chorus of 2 equal voices and piano, 7 pages including title-page, oblong folio, printed staves; minor scatterd soiling. [Algiers?], 1921. Read More...