San Francisco: American Inroads, 1987. [8p] includes covers, 7x8.5 inches, special thanks card laid-in, light wear and toning else goo program for the special event, booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225036
Boston: CIC, 1961. Pamphlet. 6-page program for the performance, with ads from local Chinese restaurants, staples rusted else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 237193
London: Sotheby & Co., 1974. 131p., high-gloss paperstock throughout with b&w and some color reproductions, first issue of the catalogue; 9.5x7 inch decorated matte wraps, head and tail of spine have been repaired with clear tape, good copy with no ownership marks. The "estimates" leaf is laid in and is..... More
Cat.No: 173777
San Francisco: San Francisco Symphony et al, 1995. Magazine. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, tribute to James Hormel, organizations, donors, program notes, profiles, very good souvenir program in stapled glossy wraps. A fundraising concert/dance program featuring the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet, Opera and Performances. Performed at Davies Symphony Hall &..... More
Cat.No: 237340
Barcelona: the firm, [1910?]. Pamphlet. Two slightly different copies of an 8x4 inch handy guide to Barcelona's upper-class attractions, unpaginated, one [20]p., printed blue, black, green and brown on buff, the other [16]p. printed green, purple and brown on white stock. Staplebound self-wraps. Staples a bit rusty, toning and mild..... More
Cat.No: 207578
Firenze: Ente Autonomo del Teatro Comunale V.E. II, 1937. [58p.], wraps. 6.75x9.5 inches, wraps edgeworn with a few small stains else very good condition. Many illustrated advertisements. Text in Italian. Summaries of three operas, with B&W photos of named performers in costume, as well as some shots of stage layout..... More
Cat.No: 132446
San Francisco: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, 2005. Magazine. [28]p., 5.5x8.5 inches, vertically creased otherwise very good playbill for the performance in stapled pictorial wraps. Monday April 11, 2005 at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. More
Cat.No: 324294
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1956. Hardcover. 54p., slender hardcover, very good in slightly edgeworn dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 222924
Los Angeles: The Chorus, 2007. Staplebound. [20p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, ads, bios, schedules, very good program for the event in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 277725
Beijing: Ren min wen xue chu ban she, 1975. 102p., slender paperback, very good. Discussion of the revolutionary Beijing opera "Raid on the White Tiger Regiment." More
Cat.No: 230177
Guangzhou: Yi wen tang 以文堂 and Wu gui tang 五桂堂, n.d. A group of woodblock-printed librettos representing five different operas, each comprised of multiple booklets, for a total of 21 booklets, all 4.75x6.5 inches, plus a larger-format Muyu booklet of "wooden fish" songs. Several of the librettos have chipped covers..... More
Cat.No: 326062
San Francisco: Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, [1996]. Pamphlet. [16]p., 5.5x8.5 inches, ads, photos, bios, very good event program/playbill in stapled wraps. Audience survey laid in. More
Cat.No: 314390
[Rome]: Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche, Ferrovie Dello Stato, 1934. Pamphlet. 35p., stapled french-fold wraps, 5.75x8 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly toned and edgeworn else very good condition. Guide for tourists published by the state railroad. More
Cat.No: 293094
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1973. 41p. plus photographic plates; stiff wraps with a pictorial dustwrapper; the dustwrapper somewhat curled at the top and bottom, as usual for this series. Laid in is a handwritten card from an American Maoist, with a Mao quote and revolutionary wishes. More
Cat.No: 225398
Mexico City: Comision Nacional de los Libros de Texto Gratuitos, October 1976. Paperback. 143p., newsprint paperstock printed double-column with vignette photo-portraits of scheduled performers; the stock is toned, the softbound 8x7 inch wraps are a little creased and edgeworn with a small chip at the heel of rear cover, a...... More
Cat.No: 187659
London: The Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd, 1974. Paperback. Program, lengthy biography sections with vitae of performers and staff, plenty of ads (the Rolls Royce distributors our favorite), slick paperstock in 12x9.5 inch paperbound format with (laid in) a one-leaf supplement (the scheduled who could not attend) plus a...... More
Cat.No: 320462
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1971. 113p.; stiff wraps with a pictorial dustwrapper; the dustwrapper somewhat curled at the top and bottom, as usual for this series. More
Cat.No: 347564
Paris: Éditions Artistiques de Paris, 1931. Pamphlet. [40]p., string-bound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus., ads, light handling wear, else very good program. Text in English and French. More
Cat.No: 346798
Rome: Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche, Ferrovie dello Stato, 1935. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, 7.75x9.75 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn, rear wrap foxed, else good condition. List of celebrations in different cities laid in. Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Bellini's opera "I Puritani." More
Cat.No: 293752
![Cat.No: 289088 Wuornos: excerpts from the opera by Carla Lucero [playbill] July 3, 1998...](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/289088.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1658944883)
San Francisco: AIRspace/Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts & Brava, 1998. Pamphlet. [14p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, cast, orchestra, excerpts list, synopsis, statements by the composer & the director, biographies, very good simple program of folded loose sheets. A production of AIRspace, a residency program of the Jon Sims..... More
Cat.No: 289088
New York: J. Albresch Studio, [1940s]. Photograph. 8x10 inch photograph of Licia Albanese as Violetta in "La Traviata," signed across the front by Albanese, very good condition. Licia Albanese (who passed away at 105 in 2014!) was an Italian American soprano who performed at the Met in NYC but also..... More
Cat.No: 198286
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. xix, 271p., preface, notes, works cited, index, illustrations, remainder star bottom edge otherwise very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. The effect on Whitman, Melville, Howells, Louisa Alcott and James, of living popular culture, whether plays, orations, opera. More
Cat.No: 165648
Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1954. Hardcover. 85p., later printing, hardcover in 8.5x5.5 inch laminated pictorial boards, of a simplified biography of the singer for youth. Features two portraits, Anderson full-length on the cover, and a head & shoulders frontispiece. Spine panel is a touch sunned and both..... More
Cat.No: 313427
Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1951. Hardcover. 85p., second printing, hardcover in 8.5x5.5 inch laminated pictorial boards, of a simplified biography of the singer for youth. Features two portraits, Anderson full-length on the cover, and a head & shoulders frontispiece. Boards lightly edgeworn, corners bumped, else very good..... More
Cat.No: 331410
Peking: New World Press, 1957. 99p., paperback, very good. More
Cat.No: 237013
