New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. Black & white photo illustrations. 305pp, tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper; light edge-wear on bds. and d.w. New York; Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1993). First edition. More about Mark Morris
New York: Pantheon, 1946. 8 color plates, 202 black & white illustrations. 4to, cloth, spine rubbed. New York: Pantheon, (1946). First Edition. Very good. More about Art in Modern Ballet
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. Black & white photo illustrations. 346pp, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. torn & taped back together. Iowa City; University of Iowa Press, (1997). Near fine with a good d.w. More about Art Without Boundaries
London: George Routledge, 1939. With an Appreciation by Sacheverell Sitwell. 31 tipped in black & white plates, 4to, green cloth, rubbed and spine head repaired. London: George Routledge, (1939). A very good(-) copy. More about Massine: Camera Studies
Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2001. With a foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov. Color and black & white illustrations. 296pp, short 4to, cloth, dust wrapper. Portland, Oregon; Amadeus Press, (2001). Very good(+). More about Valery Gergiev and the Kirov; A Story of Survival
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. 364pp., many intersting black & white illustrations. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. (chipped). London: George Allen & Unwin, (1952). Pages evenly toned, otherwise very good (+) in torn d.w. More about Religious Dances in the Christian Church and in Popular Medicine
New York: Random House, 1993. Over 80 photo Illus. 532pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. with a small dampstain on blank side. New York: Random House, (1993). Very good(+) Presentation copy from Jean-Claude Baker. Biography of Josephine Baker. More about Josephine; The Hungry Heart
Paris: Mont- Parnasse, 1703. Two volumes bound together. Exquisite engraved frontispiece in each volume by Audran after Dieu. Illustrated on every page with printed musical scores and lyrics. [xviii], 293, [1]; [xviii], 296pp. Thick 24mo, magnificently bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet in full crimson levant; triple gilt fillet borders and ornate gilt-stamped spine with raised bands; inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Paris: au Mont- Parnasse, 1703-04. A fine copy of this extremely rare, extensive collection of vocal music of the late 17th... More about Brunetes ou Petits Airs Tendres, avec les Doubles, et la Basse-Continue, Meslees de Chanson a Danser
Chicago: Chicago U. Press, 1929. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 642pp., tall thick 8vo, red cloth; ownership signature front free endpaper, small library numbering on spine. Chicago: UP Chicago, (1929). First Edition. Very good copy. More about The Elizabethan Jig and Related Song Drama
London: Studio, 1946. Profusely illustrated with many in color. Slim 4to, purple cloth, d.w. (London: Studio Ltd., 1946). A fine copy in a good dust wrapper. More about Ballet Design: Past & Present
Profusely illus. in b/w, 203pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; d.w. torn with pieces missing. Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, n.d. More about Ballet in Moscow Today
San Francisco: Blanche Evan Dance Foundation, 1991. Signed and inscribed by the compiler. Illustrated in black & white. 213pp. 4to, grey cloth. [San Francisco]: Blanche Evan Dance Foundation, 1991. A few ink marks on the front cover, still a very good(+) copy. Signed and inscribed by Ruth Gordon Benov on endpaper: "For my sister Lettie, Who allowed me to use her house, to cut, clip, & paste as I worked on this project. Lettie, loves the Dance and I love... More about Collected Works by and about Blanche Evan Unedited: Dancer, Teacher, Writer, Dance/Movement/Word...
Berlin: Julius Bard, 1919. Profusely illustrated throughout with single-sided plates, some in color. 394 pages. very thick 8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards (well-worn and cracked at rear joint). Berlin: Julius Bard, 1919. Second edition. Overall a poor copy but plates are clean. More about Der Tanz
New York: Doubleday, 1981. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 320pp, 4to, cloth, dust wrapper. N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1981. Near fine with a very good d.w. More about The Royal Ballet, The First Fifty Years
8vo, cloth, d.w. Dallas: Baskerville, (1993). More about The Body of Dancers
New York: Holt, 1982. Some b/w illustrations. 367pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, (1982). First American Edition. Very good+. More about In the Wake of Diaghilev
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. Illustrated. 482pp. 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1971). Very good. More about Nijinsky
Milan: Editoriale Domus, 1949. Color vignette on title, and many other illustrations throughout in color, black & white and sepia. 119 pages with text in Italian. Slim folio, stiff pictorial wrappers (covers quite worn and chipped; lower corner bumped, effecting some pages). Milano: Editoriale Domus, (1949). Limited Edition, one of 994 copies on "rilegatura speciale." An internally very good copy in a chipped and worn binding. More about La Danza in Italia 1500-1900
Robert Delpire, 1954. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 124pp of text. 12mo, cream boards with pink cover label, chipped d.w. (as usual the wrapper spine is faded and the boards slightly darkened at edges). Paris: Robert Delpire, (1954). First Edition. A very good copy. Le second volume de la collection "Huit" realise par Robert Delpire et Pierre Faucheux. More about Les Danses a Bali
1985. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 319pp., 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. edgeworn & cloth bumped corners. New York: Franklin Watts, 1985. Good. More about The Folies Bergere
New York: Harper, 1914. With many black and white illustrations from photographs and moving pictures of the newest dances for which the authors posed. 176 pages (spot of discoloration on last several blank pages and back attached endpaper), slim 12mo, gilt stamped blue cloth. New York: Haper, 1914. A very good copy. More about Modern Dancing
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Illustrated in black & white. 311pp, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about The Ballets of Antony Tudor: Studies in Psyche and Satire
Approximately 300 illustrations, including 50 plates in full color. 240p. Folio. Cloth. N.Y: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2002. Fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More about Juilliard
New York: Abrams, 2002. Preface by Joseph W. Polisi. Foreword by Frank Rich. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 240pp. Wide 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (2002). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Published in association with Channel Thirteen / WNET New York. More about Julliard
London: Dance Books, 1981. Beautiful black-and-white photographic illustrations by Leslie E. Spatt. 128pp. Tall slim 4to, blue cloth with silvery lettering, dust wrapper (price-clipped and faded). London: Dance Books, (1981). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Antoinette Sibley
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