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THREE SPECTACULAR LARGE BAKST THEATER POSTERS FOR IDA RUBINSTEIN’S PERFORMANCE OF SAINT SEBASTIEN, EXTREMELY SCARCE
BAKST, Léon. Three original posters for Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien. Paris, 1911. Three works. Three magnificent and extraordinarily rare large original posters by famous costume designer Léon Bakst advertising the 1911 production of Gabriel D’Annunzio’s Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien, danced by Ida Rubinstein in the title role, with choreography by Michel Fokine and music by Claude Debussy. Only one complete set of these wonderful posters known. Mounted on stretched canvas and measures 30 by 53 inches each. From Rubinstein’s own estate. $36,000.
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“I GOT RHYTHM…”
GERSHWIN, George. George Gershwin's Song-Book. New York, 1932. First trade edition of this compilation of Gershwin’s “improvised” versions of his songs, inscribed in the year of publication by both Gershwin and illustrator Constantin Alajalov to George Balanchine’s close friend Lucia Davidova, with an original drawn “mask” of Davidova by Alajalov. $17,500.
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INSCRIBED BY WOODY GUTHRIE
GUTHRIE, Woody. Bound for Glory. New York, 1943. First edition, in first-issue dust jacket, of the legendary folk singer’s autobiographical account of his Dust Bowl years, the first and only book he published in his lifetime, inscribed by him within weeks of publication and with a characteristically impish bit of rhyming, “To Ruth—Its the truth [sic]. If you find any lost people in here, I hope you can help find them. Woody Guthrie 4-3-43.” $16,500.
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SIGNED BY HAYDN
HAYDN, Franz Joseph. Canzonettas. London, 1794. First edition, fully engraved, signed on the title page by Haydn, his signature fine and bold with a fine flourish. $16,500.
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“THE TRUTH OF THIS WHOLE PAGE STANDS JUST AS TRUE AS ANY HOLLER IN ANY LAND ON EARTH”
GUTHRIE, Woody. Autograph letter signed. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1946. Original signed autograph letter, this eight-page letter written entirely in Woody Guthrie’s hand, signed by him and dated “10-8-‘46,” vibrant in imagery that captures “Guthrie’s importance in the American literary tradition… [and] strong impact on songwriters of the next generation, most notably Bob Dylan” (Santelli), featuring Guthrie’s pensive yet whimsical long poem to intimate correspondent Charlotte Strauss, with eight original sketches of a man adrift in a swirl of hearts. $16,000.
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“FATE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR”
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. Fifth Symphony. Leipzig, 1826. First edition of the full score of Beethoven’s magnificent Fifth Symphony—“the best known, and therefore the most generally enjoyed, of Beethoven’s nine Symphonies… a more universal favorite than any other work of the same class” (Grove, Beethoven, 137)—fully engraved and handsomely bound, with boards preserving much of the original paper wrappers. $13,500.
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“THE GREATEST RELIGIOUS MUSICAL WORK SINCE BACH”
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van. Missa Solemnis. Mayence et Paris, 1827. First edition, fully engraved, of the piano-vocal score of Beethoven’s choral masterwork, the Missa Solemnis, published in the year of his death, the same year as the publication of the full score. $12,500.
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“IT WAS ONLY IN THE PIANO CONCERTO FORM THAT MOZART ACHIEVED HIS IDEAL”
MOZART, W.A. Grand Concert pour le Clavecin (K413). Amsterdam, circa 1790. Early edition in parts of one of Mozart’s three early Viennese Piano Concertos, most likely published during Mozart’s lifetime, fully engraved. “It breathes pure joy from beginning to end.” $12,500.
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“POETRY IS NOT ONLY THE SONG LOST IN YOUR SOUL, BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANYON THAT HEARS AND KNOWS”
GUTHRIE, Woody. Autograph letter signed. Las Vegas, Nevada, December 8, 1945. Original signed autograph letter, this ten-page letter written almost entirely in verse form and in Woody Guthrie’s hand, signed by him and dated “Dec. 8, 1945,” a wonderfully moving love letter to his passionate correspondent Charlotte Strauss, alive with the spontaneity and imagery of Guthrie’s finest ballads. $12,000.
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RARE LES MISTÈRES D’ISIS, 1801, THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FULL SCORE OF MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus. Misteres d'Isis. Paris, 1801. First appearance in any form of the full score of Mozart’s Magic Flute, fully engraved. $12,000.
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