Art in Modern Ballet.
New York: Pantheon, 1946. 8 color plates, 202 black & white illustrations. 4to, cloth, spine rubbed. New York: Pantheon, (1946). First Edition. 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
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
American Ballet Theatre: Rehearsal Drawings.
New York: 2003. 19 black & white line drawings. Slim oblong 4to, spiral bound in white stiff printed wrappers. (New York, 2003). Fine. Number 16 of 75 numbered and signed copies. 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
Vic-Wells: The Work of Lilian Baylis.
1938. Illus. 106pp. 8vo, pr.wrs.; (cover browned & worn). London: Cobden-Sanderson, (1938). More
Ballet Design: Past & Present.
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
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, edgeworn and taped on rear). New York: Times Books, (1977). Second printing. 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
Men Dancing: Performers and Performances
New York: Macmillan, 1984. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs and several other figures. 176 pages. 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York; Macmillan, (1984). First American Edition. Some light foxing at top edge and taped tear at rear panel of dust wrapper, still a very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Signed in full by Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov on the title page. Additionally signed by Nureyev on page 140. 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
The Body of Dancers.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Dallas: Baskerville, (1993). More
The Observer... presents The Diaghilev Exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival, 1954. Catalogue
London: The Observer, 1954. Illustrated. 72 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers, back panel dust-soiled, otherwise very good. (London): The Observer, 1954. More
In the Wake of Diaghilev.
New York: Holt, 1982. Some b/w illustrations. 367pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, (1982). First American Edition. Very good+. 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
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
Dancer; Men in Dance.
London: British Broadcasting Corp. 1984. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 207pp, 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; cloth corners bumped & d.w. lightly edge-worn. (London); British Broadcasting Corp., (1984). Very good. More
The Sadler's Wells Ballet: A History and an Appreciation.
New York: Macmillan, 1955. Black & white illustrations. 336pp, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. worn & waterstained, cloth spine has small tear. New York: The Macmillan Co., (1955). Very good with a poor d.w. 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