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BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976). Peter Grimes. An Opera in three Acts . London, et al.: Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., 1945. Large 8° (300 x 235mm). Printed musical score. (Some spotting, mainly in the first and last few leaves and to the edges). Original quarter sheep and illustrated boards (extremities rubbed, rear pastedown detached but holding). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY BRITTEN, TO ERIC CROZIER, the opera's original producer. Copy number 6 of an unspecified number bound for presentation. [ With :] NICOLL, Allardyce. Stuart Masques and the Renaissance Stage . London et al.: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1937. Large 8° (280 x 220mm). Illustrations throughout. (Some spotting in the first and last leaves.) Original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover stamped in blind. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BRITTEN TO ERIC CROZIER: 'Dear Eric, thanking him for his skill, his tact, his infinite patience, and above all his great understanding of "Peter Grimes". Ben Britten, June 7th, 1945'. PRESENTATION COPIES, INCLUDING OF THE VOCAL SCORE OF PETER GRIMES, INSCRIBED BY BRITTEN TO THE PRODUCER OF HIS MASTERPIECE. Peter Grimes 'established an unprecedented international reputation for a British composer and constituted the memorable and indeed monumental first step in the creation of a national tradition of opera. The momentum generated by Grimes continues even as the twenty-first century begins' (ODNB). (2)