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Stage & Screen Opera/Musical/Ballet

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	AUSTIN, RICHARD Birth of a Ballet Vision London 1st 1976 HB Following a Ballet Rambert production (Black Angels) from conception to opening night. VG in VG DJ, slightly edge-worn. 151pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7441 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BEAUMONT, CYRIL W The Ballet Designs of Leslie Hurry Ariel/Faber and Faber London 1946 HB Spine worn to top, boards a little warped, very slight foosty smell, generally VG 72pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5329 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BRAUNSWEG, JULIAN Braunsweg's Ballet Scandals reader's union 1974 hdbk The life of an impresario and the story of Festival Ballet. An errata slip is loosely laid in. VG in lightly worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. 295pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3392 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CHING, JAMES Performer and Audience - a psychological study of nervousness and stage fright Keith Prowse London 1947 PB A Freudian study, especially for pianists Illustrative cover worn and sunned, internally good 96pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6253 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	COPE, EDITH Performances . . . Dynamics of a Dance Group Lepus Books London 1st 1976 HB A study in group dynamics VG in VG DJ 212pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB6187 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	HUROK, S AND GOODE, RUTH Impresario MacDonald London 1st 1947 HB VG in price-clipped, marked, slightly edge-worn and torn, but generally good DJ 272pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB5386 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MARTIN, JOHN The Modern Dance Dance Horizons New York 1972 PB The text of four lectures given in the early '30's, and first published in 1933; republished in '65, this being the fifth impression. One of the first attempts to analyse the American modern dance. Cover a little marked and worn, page edges a trifle grubby, occasional pencil annotation, generally VG 123pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6520 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MONAHAN, JAMES The Nature of Ballet - a critic's reflections Pitman London 1st 1976 HB Music, choreography, dancing and décor - all the elements of ballet. VG in VG DJ. 122pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7416 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MULLER-VAN SANTEN, JULIA J G Producing The Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian Universiteit Te Amsterdam Amsterdam 1st 1989 PB A dissertation on the play The Prophetess by Fletcher and Massinger that became the 'semi-opera' Dioclesian with music by Purcell. Contains the full libretto with variant texts. VG 509pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: BYB3790 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PERLMUTTER, DONNA Shadowplay, the Life of Antony Tudor Viking Penguin New York 1991 hdbk Biography of the leading choreographer and dancer with Ballet Rambert and the American Ballet Theatre. Illus. Top edge of page block marked, o/w VG in VG DJ. 419pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4195 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1963 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1963 PB Cover design by Dennis Lennon. Cover good only, with a tear and edges rather rubbed, internally good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4524 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1969 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1969 PB Cover by Osbert Lancaster. VG, cover protected by cellophane, internally VG. 84pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4525 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1968 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1968 PB Cover by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Very slight stain to cover, slight edge-wear, generally VG 96pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4528 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1970 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1970 PB Cover by Charles Bravery. Cover edges slightly worn, internally VG, name on title page 92pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4529 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1965 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1965 PB Cover by Lorenzo Ghiglia. Cover slightly worn round the edges, internally VG. 93pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4530 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	STAPLETON, MICHAEL The Sadler's Wells Opera, A Pictorial Record A and C Black London 1st edition 1954 hdbk. 95 b & w production photos from opera staged by Sadler's Wells between 1931 and 1946, with production list for the period and notes on some of the operas. Good (inscribed by prev. owner, sunned to base of spine) in Poor DJ (chipped, worn, torn). 66pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB1516 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WALTON, WILLIAM Belshazzar's Feast - vocal score OUP Oxford 1955 pbk Revised edition. VG 120pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB3580 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WATERHOUSE, KEITH, AND HALL, WILLIS; MUSIC BY DENIS KING Worzel Gummidge - a musical Samuel French London 1st 1984 PB Based on characters created by Barbara Euphan Todd VG 77pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5797 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WRENCH, MRS STANLEY More Stories of Famous Operas C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd London 1st edition 1926 HB Contains: Tannhauser, The Mastersingers, The Barber of Seville, William Tell, The Daughter of the Regiment, Aida, Othello, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, La Sonnambula, Samson and Delilah, Manon Lescaut, La Tosca, Hansel and Gretel, Der Rosenkavalier, Mignon, Iris, The Boatswain's Mate, and The Perfect Fool. Gold lettering, illustrative cloth, good (faded at spine, corners bumped, wear on back, prize plate on FFEP, some yellowing internally) in good DJ (chipped, torn and worn). 192pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB5456 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.

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	AUSTIN, RICHARD Birth of a Ballet Vision London 1st 1976 HB Following a Ballet Rambert production (Black Angels) from conception to opening night. VG in VG DJ, slightly edge-worn. 151pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7441 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BEAUMONT, CYRIL W The Ballet Designs of Leslie Hurry Ariel/Faber and Faber London 1946 HB Spine worn to top, boards a little warped, very slight foosty smell, generally VG 72pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5329 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	BRAUNSWEG, JULIAN Braunsweg's Ballet Scandals reader's union 1974 hdbk The life of an impresario and the story of Festival Ballet. An errata slip is loosely laid in. VG in lightly worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. 295pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3392 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	CHING, JAMES Performer and Audience - a psychological study of nervousness and stage fright Keith Prowse London 1947 PB A Freudian study, especially for pianists Illustrative cover worn and sunned, internally good 96pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6253 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	COPE, EDITH Performances . . . Dynamics of a Dance Group Lepus Books London 1st 1976 HB A study in group dynamics VG in VG DJ 212pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB6187 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	HUROK, S AND GOODE, RUTH Impresario MacDonald London 1st 1947 HB VG in price-clipped, marked, slightly edge-worn and torn, but generally good DJ 272pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB5386 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MARTIN, JOHN The Modern Dance Dance Horizons New York 1972 PB The text of four lectures given in the early '30's, and first published in 1933; republished in '65, this being the fifth impression. One of the first attempts to analyse the American modern dance. Cover a little marked and worn, page edges a trifle grubby, occasional pencil annotation, generally VG 123pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6520 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MONAHAN, JAMES The Nature of Ballet - a critic's reflections Pitman London 1st 1976 HB Music, choreography, dancing and décor - all the elements of ballet. VG in VG DJ. 122pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7416 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	MULLER-VAN SANTEN, JULIA J G Producing The Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian Universiteit Te Amsterdam Amsterdam 1st 1989 PB A dissertation on the play The Prophetess by Fletcher and Massinger that became the 'semi-opera' Dioclesian with music by Purcell. Contains the full libretto with variant texts. VG 509pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: BYB3790 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PERLMUTTER, DONNA Shadowplay, the Life of Antony Tudor Viking Penguin New York 1991 hdbk Biography of the leading choreographer and dancer with Ballet Rambert and the American Ballet Theatre. Illus. Top edge of page block marked, o/w VG in VG DJ. 419pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4195 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1963 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1963 PB Cover design by Dennis Lennon. Cover good only, with a tear and edges rather rubbed, internally good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4524 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1969 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1969 PB Cover by Osbert Lancaster. VG, cover protected by cellophane, internally VG. 84pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4525 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1968 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1968 PB Cover by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Very slight stain to cover, slight edge-wear, generally VG 96pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4528 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1970 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1970 PB Cover by Charles Bravery. Cover edges slightly worn, internally VG, name on title page 92pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4529 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	PROGRAMME Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1965 Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1965 PB Cover by Lorenzo Ghiglia. Cover slightly worn round the edges, internally VG. 93pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4530 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	STAPLETON, MICHAEL The Sadler's Wells Opera, A Pictorial Record A and C Black London 1st edition 1954 hdbk. 95 b & w production photos from opera staged by Sadler's Wells between 1931 and 1946, with production list for the period and notes on some of the operas. Good (inscribed by prev. owner, sunned to base of spine) in Poor DJ (chipped, worn, torn). 66pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB1516 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WALTON, WILLIAM Belshazzar's Feast - vocal score OUP Oxford 1955 pbk Revised edition. VG 120pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB3580 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WATERHOUSE, KEITH, AND HALL, WILLIS; MUSIC BY DENIS KING Worzel Gummidge - a musical Samuel French London 1st 1984 PB Based on characters created by Barbara Euphan Todd VG 77pp GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: BYB5797 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	WRENCH, MRS STANLEY More Stories of Famous Operas C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd London 1st edition 1926 HB Contains: Tannhauser, The Mastersingers, The Barber of Seville, William Tell, The Daughter of the Regiment, Aida, Othello, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, La Sonnambula, Samson and Delilah, Manon Lescaut, La Tosca, Hansel and Gretel, Der Rosenkavalier, Mignon, Iris, The Boatswain's Mate, and The Perfect Fool. Gold lettering, illustrative cloth, good (faded at spine, corners bumped, wear on back, prize plate on FFEP, some yellowing internally) in good DJ (chipped, torn and worn). 192pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB5456 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.