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LEONARD BERNSTEIN. Group of 10 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, including 4 photographs, two printed scores, three programs, and a greeting card. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd
Photographs: Each half-length or bust portrait, showing him in 3/4-view or profile. One larger image by Vandamm shows him as young man, inscribed to Kenneth Crouch. Each signed in the image or in blank lower margin. Each 10x8 or 5 1/2x3 1/2 inches; minor smudge to Crouch inscription. Np, nd.
Orchestral scores: Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah, and On the Town (Three Dance Episodes). Each signed on the front cover. Each small 4to or 4to, wrappers. New York: Harms, (1943); Schirmer, (1968); inscriptions: Np, nd.
Complete programs: Philharmonic Hall (2), the first for his farewell concert as Music Director of the Philharmonic, the second for his 1,000th Philharmonic concert, and Metropolitan Opera, for opening night performance of Carmen. Each signed on the credits page, the last additionally signed on the same page by Marilyn Horne, James McCracken, and Adriana Maliponte. Each 4to, wrappers, staple binding. New York, 1969; 1971; 1972; inscriptions: [New York, 1969-72].
Greeting card, inscribed on third page and signed, "L," to "Dear B[eatrice G. Jupiter]," thanking her for a note and pointing out that "[i]t helps to remember that you had a life once before all this happiness." Oblong 12mo, sheet folded twice forming 4 pages. With the original envelope, dated soon after his historic substitution of Bruno Walter as conductor of the Philharmonic. New York, 22 December 1943 [from postmark].
WITH--Three items, each Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by Bernstein's father or one of his associates: Samuel J. Bernstein. Typed Letter Signed, to Beatrice G. Jupiter, sharing his joy and expressing thanks. 1 page, 8vo, "Samuel Bernstein Hair Company" stationery. Boston, 30 November 1943. With the original envelope Stephen Sondheim. Souvenir typescript Signed and Inscribed, "To Arthur Siemientkowski--from Stephen Sondheim," excerpts from Craig Zadan's Sondheim & Co. (1974). Signed in upper margin of first page. 6 1/2 pages, 4to, written on rectos only. Np, nd Stephen Wadsworth. Autograph Quotation Signed, in red ink, the first five lines of lyric from the prologue of Bernstein's A Quiet Place. 1 page, 4to, credits printed at top of page. Np, nd.
