Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION, PUT TOGETHER BETWEEN 1953 AND 1988 BY A GLYNEBOURNE DEVOTEE CALLED 'VIVIEN' - COVER DESIGNS AFTER HOCKNEY, SENDAK, ERTÉ, CASSON, LANCASTER AND OTHERS -GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL OPERA (annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England).Glyndebourne opera: a collection of 35 original programmes to the annual summer festival, spanning the years 1953 to 1988, housed in four of the official green cloth portfolios.A collection of 35 original annual Glyndebourne programmes. A single owner collection, all with ink ownership inscription of 'Vivien' at the head of each title page. Bound in official Glyndebourne green cloth folders, with gilt lettering to spines. Each issue with double-page cover illustrations, and numerous illustrations throughout.Very Good condition. Minor edge-wear / creasing to a few issues, but generally a very well-preserved collection. Some minor small closed tears to foot and head of a few spines. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A near complete run of Glyndebourne Festival Opera programmes from 1953 to 1988 (lacking only the issue for 1954), compiled over the years by one avid opera-lover (called 'Vivien'). These programmes are mainly collected for their fabulous double-page printed covers after famous artists and operatic luminaries, which here include Maurice Sendak, Erté, Sir Hugh Casson, Elizabeth Bury, David Hockney, Roger Buylin, Martin Battersby, John Bury, Osbert Lancaster, Oliver Messel, Carl Toms, Tobias Hoheisel, Valerie Sargent, John Gunter, Dennis Lennon, Emanuele Luzzati, Guy Gravett, Lorenzo Ghiglia, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Charles Bravery and Michael Annals. key words:
Price: 550 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
Place of Publication: Aylesbury 'at the sign of the Dolphin'
Non-Fiction Subject: Music
Language: English
Illustrator: David Hockney, Maurice Sendak, Hugh Casson etc.
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Hunt, Barnard & Co Ltd
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1953
