Old Bookshelf

Baron at the Ballet

1951

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

New York William Morrow & Company 2nd Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 222pp. Orange cloth, gilt decoration, gilt lettering to spine. Book is in very sound, unworn condition inside and out. Spine slightly faded. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and8 colo...

Ballet Impromptu; Variations on a Theme

Ambrose, Kay · 1948

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Golden Galley Press, Ltd. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 94pp. White textured boards, purple and gilt lettering and decoration. Cover and contents are clean and sound with very light wear. Publisher has pasted a cancel slip showing publisher date, 1948, to title page. ( ...

Paintings of the Ballet

Lee-Elliott, Theyre · 1947

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

London Collins 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Unpaginated. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Corner lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, contents are clean and unmarked. Contains 91 full page illustrations in black and white, and color. Introduction by Arnold Hask...

In The Wake Of Diaghilev

Buckle, Richard · 1983

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

New York Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 367pp. Maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition, unworn. Very Good Very Good

Fonteyn ; Impressions of a Ballerina

Chappell, William · 1950

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London Spring Books 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Chappell, William 136pp. Brick cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cover is clean and unworn contents mildly age-toned, text block is tight and sound. Intriguing drawings by Chappell and full page photos of Fonteyn. Very Good ...

The Romantic Ballet in England; Its Development, Fulfilment and Decline

Guest, Ivor · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Phoenix House Ltd. 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 176pp. Pink cloth, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and unworn, contents mildly toned, see-through rectangle stain from publisher's label on verso of title page, book is otherwise clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket...

The Sadler's Wells Ballet; A history and an Appreciation

Clarke, Mary · 1955

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York The Macmillan Company 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 336pp. Maroon cloth, silver lettering to spine. Very good condition one corner lightly bumped, endpapers foxed, text mildly age-toned. Book is in overall very sound condition, binding is tight. Very Good N...

Leslie Hurry: Setings & Costumes for Sadler's Wells Ballets- Hamlet (1942) Le Lac des Cygnes and the Old Vic Hamlet (1944_

Beauont, Cyril W. (Intro.); Browse, Lillian (Editor) · 1946

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

London Faber and Faber LImited 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 72pp. Tan cloth. Very good condition, spine ends lightly rubbed, interior very good, bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket is torn, missing several fragments, mended along spine. Brief commentary plus...

The Colorful World of Ballet

Crisp Clement & Thorpe Edward · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

London Octopus Books 1st Edition Folio - over 12 - 15" tall William Adickes 996pp. Pink boards with ballet slipper illustration. Book is in like new condition in very good dust jacket. This book offers a photographic sequence of the basic ballet movements. Near Fine Very Good

Motion Arrested: Dance Reviews of H. T. Parker

Holmes, Olive · 1982

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 325pp. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering. Book and dust jacket are in near fine unused condition. A unique record of descriptions of great dance performances during the early part of the...

Serge Diaghilev; His Life, HIs Work, His Legend

Lifar, Serge · 1940

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

399pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 399pp. Red buckram boards. Good copy virtually unworn, spine is faded, text is clean, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good No Jacket

The Birth of Ballets-Russes

Lieven, Peter · 1956

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

London George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Alexandre Benois 377pp. Green cloth. Book is clean and solid, virtually unworn, spine faded but readable, interior is clean and unmarked. Very Good No Jacket

Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev; An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason

Lifar, Serge · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York and Cleveland The World PUblishing Company 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 332pp. Yellow cloth, gilt lettering to spiine. Spotting to upper portion of boards and top edges, book is otherwise clean and sound, inside and out, with no apparent wear, unclipped du...

Nothing to Hide: A Dancer's Life

La Fosse, Robert · 1987

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Donald I Fine, Inc. 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 278pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in Near Fine condition. Good Near Fine

Mike Davis at the Royal Balllet

Davis, MIke · 1958

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

London Oldbourne 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 143pp. Blue cloth, silver lettering and decoration. Book is very clean and sound, dustjacket is worn along edges. Pictorial overview of the Royall Ballet with insightful commentary. Very Good Good

Margot Fonteyn

Anthony, Gordon · 1950

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

London Phoenix House Numbered 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Subject and Author 131pp. Orange cloth, gilt spine lettering. A limited edition of 250 numbered copies each SIGNED by both Miss Fonteyn and the photographe,r Gordon Anthony. The book features 60 captioned phot...

The Ballets Russes: Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, 1932-1952

Garcia-Marquez, Vicente · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

New York Knopf 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 343pp. LIght grey boards, silver lettering. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in very good unworn condition, vertical wrinkle to rear endpaper., faint spotting to top edges. Very Good Very Good

Léon Bakst; Esquisses de décors et de costumes arts graphiques peintures

Proujan, Irina · 1986

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Leningrad Éditions d'Art Aurora 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Léon Bakst 246pp. Purple cloth, silver lettering. Book and dust jacket are in very good, unworn condition. Beautifully reproduced illustrations. Near Fine Very Good

Serge Lifar et le destin du ballet de l'Opera

Schaikevitch, André · 1971

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Paris T. Fisher Unwin 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Pablo Picasso 182pp. Card stock wraps, card stock dust jacket with pictorial pasteon. Text is in French. (Broché avec jacquette.) 25 Picasso illustrations (hors-texte). An edition of 1207 examples, one thousand num...

Russian Ballet. Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony With an Introduction by Arnold Haskell

Anthony, Gordon (Photographer) · 1939

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London Geoffrey Bles 1st Edition Eduard Manet 20pp of text, 96 tipped-in plates. Blue buckram boards, ivory buckram spine backing with gilt lettering. Boards are sound and square, spine somewhat darkened, small blemish on front free endpaper, introductory text and all plates...