A group of four vintage black and white photographs by Tazio Secchiaroli, Italian photographer known as one of the original paparazzi, founder of the agency Roma Press Photo in 1955 and widely thought to have been the inspiration for the Paparazzo character in Fellini's film La Dolce Vita. Read More...
Rare and desirable vintage glossy 8 x 10 inch portrait of Leigh as Paola in the Christopher Fry/Jean Giraudoux play "Duel of Angels," signed in blue ink lower right corner. Pin holes to corners, otherwise in fine condition. Read More...
Vintage original 8 x 10 inch doubleweight, gelatin silver, matte, black-and-white dramatic portrait of the dashing actor in his most famous role, as “Dracula”. Inscription in black ink on tuxedo shirt front and signed, “Lugosi Bela." Bending and mild cracking on the left lapel, small nicks on lower lip and jaw, pinholes in corners and around the margins, upper right and lower left corners chipped, all outside of the image. Most of these faults easily matted out of sight and none detracting significantly from the intensity of the image.
Rome: Edizioni Eureka. 1966. Original rehearsal copy for the instantly recognizable Main Title music of the celebrated 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles respectively. 2 pp. Toned around the edges, else fine. Read More...
Full length signed photograph of the curvaceous American actress and sex symbol wearing a sequined gown, embellished extravagantly with marabou feathers. 8 x 10 inches, in fine condition. Framed in gray, claret and antique beaded gilt. 13 x 14.5 inches overall.
Original 5 x 7 inch bust portrait photograph of the marvelous French fiddler, boldly signed and inscribed in blue ink and dated 1979. In fine condition, stamped by the photographer Altaffer on the verso.
71. [French Music]. Société des Auteurs & Compositeurs Dramatiques - Engraved Sign ca. 1900
Vintage brass wall sign engraved by G. Poulingue in Rouen ca. 1900 for the "SOCIETE DES AUTEURS ET COMPOSITEURS DRAMATIQUES / 11. Rue Ballu Paris / Agence Centrale de Rouen." 30 x 17cm. The letters filled with an interesting textured metal, each corner with a hole for mounting. In fine condition, a few areas of wear as this was presumably displayed on the outside of a building for many years. Read More...
Signed postcard from the Russian-born pianist and conductor, shown in a profile silhouette portrait, baton in hand. Signed and inscribed in Havana, April, 1932. Creased lower left edge, else fine. 8.5 x 14 cm. Read More...
Captivating halftone photograph, boldly signed by the Russian cellist coached by Casals and strongly influenced by Feuermann. She had a great European career before settling in the US in 1939. Barber, Rieti and Rathuas all wrote major works for her and she introduced works by Creston, Hindemith, Lopatnikoff, Martinu & Prokofieff. Read More...
Large original photograph of the legendary Golden Age soprano in her most famous role, signed and inscribed to the fellow singer, Olivia Monona at the Chicago Opera House. 9.5 x 12 inches, Garden is shown in a sensous pose, one arm thrust back over her head, the other hand grabbing suggestively at her breast. Silvering, a number of small tears and creases to margins including lower left corner full torn, though most could be easily matted out of sight. Read More...
Large photograph, boldly signed in black ink by the Romantic Norwegian composer, most celebrated for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures, Lyric Pieces. Read More...
An early and distinguished original cdv photograph of the Romantic Norwegian composer, most celebrated for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures, Lyric Pieces.
Ca. 1875, 2.5 x 4 inches, with the imprint of the Oslo (Kristiana) music publisher Carl Warmuth on the mount. With a few scattered marks around the edges, overall fine.
Striking and most likely lifetime portrait of the Romantic Norwegian composer executed by an unidentified artist, signed in pencil by the artist lower right. 15.25 x 11.25 inches, on textured artist's paper, in fine condition.
Signed 1949 French program from the great Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. Boldly signed beneath his portrait, in a complete program from his performance of the Schumann Concerto under Ernest Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Fine condition.
Autograph working manuscript, three pages for voice and piano from the opening of the first act of Hahn's early "L'Île du rêve," 19 bars written in four-stave systems, with lyrics in French. Oblong folio, printed staves, pages numbered by Hahn upper left 1-3, minor scattered soiling. Read More...
80. Hasse, Johann Adolph. (1699 - 1783). THE COMIC TUNES &c. TO THE CELEBRATED DANCES PERFORM'D A BOTH THEATERS BY SIGR. AND SIGRA. FAUSAN...BOOK I.
London: Printed for I. Walsh. [1741]. Oblong Octavo. Full Leather. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding. Moderate edgewear with heavier wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Title, [vb], [b], 2 - 93 pp. Read More...