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William Wood & Company · 1877

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

300pp. William Wood & Company 1st Edition 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall Alice B. Woodward 300pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear and light spotting to cover, endpapers missing, light soiling to pastedowns, contents clean, last page (301) missing. Descriptions of compound...

An Analytical View of the Animal Economy. Calculated for the Students of Medicine, as Well as Private Gentlemen Interspersed with Many Allegories, and Moral Reflections, Drawn from the Subject, to Awaken the Mind to an Elevated Sense of the Great Authjor of Nature

Ball, Isaac · 1808

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York Printed for the Author by Samuel Wood Third Edition viii, 164pp. Full calf, leather label, gilt border, engraved . decorative endpapers Wear to edges and spine, spine ends chipped, page 79-80 excised from book, scattered foxing to text. Publication on title page is...

The Art of Margot Fonteyn

De Valois, Nanette; Ashton, Frederick; Money, Keith and Fonteyn Margot · 1965

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York Reynal & Company 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Keith Money (Photography) Unpaginated. Tan buckram cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Cover is unworn, contents are clean. Dust jacket spine and edges slightly darkened, 1/2 inch clean tear to head of spine. Facsi...

The World of Ballet and Dance

Hall, Fernau · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London Hamlyn 1st Edition 140pp. Black cloth with white lettering and decoration. Book is clean and unworn, text is clean, tiny spots to top edges. Dust jacket is mildly scuffed and otherwise clean and unworn. Photography by Mike Davis, commentary by Fernau Hall. Near ...

Baron's Ballet Finale

Hadkell, Arnold L. · 1958

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,714)

London and New York T.S. Denison & Company 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 192pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is in near fine condition, dust jacket is unclipped and has light edgewear. Wonderful photos with commentary by Arnold Haskell. Very Good Good

Eugénie Grandet

de Balzac, Honoré · 1926

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Paris Societé D'éditions Littéraires et Artistiques 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Daniel Hernandez 266pp. Printed wraps. Text in French. Très bon état. Very good, pages unopened, light wear to edges, glassine jacket over wraps, light foxing mainly to margins. Illustrate by Da...

Design for Ballet

Clarke, Mary and Crisp Cement · 1978

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hawthorn Books, Inc. First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 288pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Cover and contents are clean and sound. Dust jacket is lightly chipped on upper edge. The history of stage and costume design from the Rennaissance to the 20th century...

The Bolshoi Theatre History-Opera-Ballet

Zolotov, Andrei; Gusev, Alexander; Zonina, Yelena · 1987

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Moscow Planeta Publishers First Edition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 247pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are in clean, unworn condition, small US importer's label on front pastetdown. An elaborately designed volume featuring photography of numerou...

The Royal Ballet Today

Money, Keith · 1969

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York The World Publishing Company First American Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 272pp. Red boards, gilt lettering to spine. Very good book, clean tight binding. Dust jacket is lightly edge-chippped with short tears, overall sound. The Royal Ballet with a profusionof...

Ballet Panorama By BAron

Haskell, Arnold L. · 1954

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Rinehart & Company, Inc. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 222pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, contents age-toned, binding is tight. Unclipped dust jacket, is worn, scuffed, lightly soiled, age-darkened. Wonderful photos by Baron (Sterli...

Margot Fonteyn

Beaumont, Cyril W. · 1948

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London C.W. Beaumont First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 20pp. Blue cloth, paper label to front board. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on copyright page. Very good condition with mild age-toning. Dust jacket is chipped, soiled, missing large piece along bottom re...

Ballet of 3 Decades

Williamson, Audrey · 1958

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London Rockliff 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 192pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Puckering to boards, copyright information has been blacked out, contents are clean and binding istight. Unclipped dustjacket has light wear, light foxing and, abrasion to spne.[ Good Good

World Ballet

Lowndes, Joan Selby · 1981

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Galahad Books First Edition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 189pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Both book and dustjacket a re clean and unworn. A concise overview of the history ob ballet from its beginnings in the 16th and 17th centuries up to the 20th cent...

Souvenir de Ballet; Performance Photographs by Costantine

Grandier, Lydia Landon · 1940

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

San Diego Hester & Smith, Inc. First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 124pp. Red buckram cloth, black lettering. Fading mainly to spine, litght soil to cover, bit of foxing to endpapers, contents mildly age-toned. Active performance photographs from the 1940s. Good No Jacket

The Beauty of Ballet

Haskell, Arnold L. · 1961

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Max Parrish First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 125pp. Red cloth , gilt spine lettering. Very good book in very good unclipped dust jacket. Wonderful evocative black and white photography. Very Good Very Good

The Ninepenny-Piece, and the Little Basket-Maker.

Anonymous · 1843

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Providence Geo. P. Daniels 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 23pp. Tan printed wraps, hand-stitched spine. Large waterstaining to cover, foxing and light staining to text, though generally sound. 9 woodcuts including cover. Book measures 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Good

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood.

Tanner, T.H. · 1861

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Philade;phia Lindsay & Blakiston 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 464pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, paper spine label. Chipping and lower 1/4 of backstrip missing, covers lightly worn, contents have scattered foxing but otherwise sound and binding is tight. Tipped-into the text i...

Forging Ahead in Magic

Booth, John · 1939

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Philadelphia Kanter's Magic Shop First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 134pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering. Book is sound inside and out, minor scuff to edge offront board, bit of foxing and former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, A comprehensive overview of the ...

Jim Sherman's Flash Lites; 40 Tricks, Tips...and Gags with Flash Paper and Flash Bills!

Sherman, Jim · 1950

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago National Magic Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 32pp. Yellow card stock, black printing. Very minor wear, contents clean. 40 tricks presented with clear, step-by-step descritpions. Very Good

Tip Top Tapping

Book-A-Mag Co. · 1940

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Book-A-Mag Co., Inc. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Seaman 62pp. Red, white and blue printed wraps. Light wear to cover and spine, small abrasion and hole to front cover, text is clean. Tap dancing instructions with many illustrations. Good