Art in Modern Ballet.
New York: Pantheon, 1946. 8 color plates, 202 black & white illustrations. 4to, two-toned cloth, spine rubbed and worn at ends. New York: Pantheon, (1946). First Edition. About very good. More
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S. Hurok presents Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid
Original poster. Color lithograph. 52.75 x 40.75 inches. This dance performance poster for the S. Hurok program of Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid is yellow and black, with dancers on the right side and text on the left. Antonio Ruiz Soler (1921-1996), professionally known as Antonio, was a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer, and director. Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid performed extensively in London, and later toured internationally under American impresario Sol Hurok. Good condition, with original folds as..... More
Massine: Camera Studies.
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
Russian Ballet; Camera Studies.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1939. Introduction by Arnold Haskell. 96 mounted black & white photographic plates. Short thick folio, blue and white cloth (rubbed and sunned); Untrimmed edges. London: Geoffrey Bles, (1939). Very good. More
Valery Gergiev and the Kirov; A Story of Survival.
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
Dancing for Balanchine.
New York: Dutton, 1984. Profusely illustrated in black & white.236pp, small 4to, white cloth-backed blue boards, dust wrapper. New York; E.P. Dutton, (1984). First Edition. Fine. Inscribed by Merril Ashley on the fly-leaf. More
Dance Horizons Spotlight Series: Mikhail Baryshnikov
New York: Dance Horizons, 1975. Signed edition of Dance Horizons: "Mikhail Baryshnikov", copyright 1975 with photographs by Louis Peres and text by Patricia Barnes. Illustrated (b/w). 24 pages. 8vo, paper covers. New York: Dance Horizons (1975). A wonderful pictorial with biographical remembrances released only one year after Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. Baryshnikov has boldly signed on the front cover in ball-point pen below his image performing "La Fille Mal Gardee". Fine condition. Russian-born American dancer, choreographer and actor..... More
Ballet in Moscow Today.
Profusely illus. in b/w, 203pp., 4to, cloth, d.w.; d.w. torn with pieces missing. Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, n.d. More
The Nureyev Image
New York: Times Books, 1977. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 288 pages, 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper (price-clipped and lightly edgeworn with some tape reinforcement inside). New York: Times Books, (1977). Second printing. Cloth is a bit faded at edges but still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Boldly signed "Rudolf Noureev" -- the French spelling of his name -- on the title page. More
The Nureyev Image.
New York: Times Books/Quadrangle, 1977. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos. 288 pages, 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. (New York); Times Books/Quadrangle, (1977). Fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Royal Ballet: The First Fifty Years
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color. 320 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (faint scratch on back panel). Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1981. Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Royal Ballet, The First Fifty Years.
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
Broadway, USSR.
1959. Ballet, Theatre & Entertainment in Russia Today. Illus. 227pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1959. More
Fernando Bujones
Rio de Janeiro: Grafica, 1984. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 183 pages, 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper (worn). Rio de Janeiro: Grafica, 1984. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Boldly inscribed across the half-title page: "To Jacqueline and David, Warmest Wishes, Fernando Bujones." More
La Danza in Italia 1500-1900.
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
Degas: Form and Space
Paris: Guillard, 1984. Edited by Jacqueline & Maurice Guillaud. 340 illustrations in color and black & white. Small square 4to, pictorial orange boards (one corner worn spine of book lightly sunned, page margins slightly toned, margins of some pages bumped, one margin torn but neatly repaired), dust wrapper (wrapper spine evenly sunned to white). Paris: Guillard, 1984. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Degas: Form and Space
Paris: Guillard, 1984. Edited by Jacqueline & Maurice Guillaud. 340 illustrations in color and black & white. Small square 4to, pictorial orange boards, dust wrapper (wrapper spine evenly sunned to white; several small tears andchips with fading to boards beneath). Paris: Guillard, 1984. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Degas: Form and Space
Paris: Guillard, 1984. 538 illustrations, 97 in color. 492 pages. Small square 4to, pictorial orange boards, d.w. (spine sunned, rip repaired near head). Paris: Guillard, 1984. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Edited by Jacqueline & Maurice Guillaud. More
The Ballets of Antony Tudor: Studies in Psyche and Satire.
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
Antoinette Sibley
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
Ballet Art from the Renaissance to the Present.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1978. Illustrated in color and b/w. 144 pages. Short slim 4to, blue boards, d.w. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1978). First American edition. Faint sticker residue on front endpaper, else a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Next Week, Swan Lake: Reflections on Dance and Dances.
Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1982. Black and white illustrations. 193pp, 8vo, cloth. Connecticut; Wesleyan University Press, (1982). Near fine. More
Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance
Windsor: Tide-Mark, 2003. Photographs by Costas. 256 pages, large, oblong blue cloth, d.w. Windsor: Tide-Mark, (2003). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The New Ballet: Kurt Joos and His Work
London: Dennis Dobson, 1946. Illustrated with color plates, line drawings and black & white photographs.156pp., thin 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, chipped and torn at spine ends. London: Dennis Dobson, 1946. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More