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BALANCHINE, GEORGE / MASON, FRANCIS: Balanchine’s Festival of Ballet. Scene-by-scene stories of 404 classical & contemporary ballets.
W.H.Allen. London. 1978
Tall 8vo. In cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 838pp. With many b/w photographs. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Small marks. Slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. ‘Probably the most valuable and informative book of its kind ever published.’ The descriptions include commentary by leading ballet critics and and are complemented by photographs of some of the great performances of dance history. With much other historical information and guides to enjoying ballet, careers and a sketch of the author and his career.
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12.00 GBP
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CLARKE, MARY: Sadler's Wells Ballet: A History and an Appreciation. With Fifty Five Illustrations.
Adam and Charles Black, London. 1955
Tall octavo. In red cloth covers with silver to spine. With dustwrapper. 336pp. With b/w photographs. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Edges slightly rubbed with small chips and tears. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Presentation inscription on front endpaper. Author’s signature on main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. A chronicle of the history of the ballet company located in Covent Garden, from its humble beginnings under the direction of Lilian Baylis, out of the Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
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45.00 GBP
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L. & CLARKE, MARY: The Ballet Annual 1961. No 15. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Sixteenth Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1960
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with red to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 162pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and line drawings. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly rubbed around edges. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Mild foxing spots throughout. Else a clean and tight copy. 15th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on Frederick Ashton, John Weaver, Royal Ballet, Jerome Robbins, Italian Renaissance, Leningrad Ballet, Denmark and Sweden,
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15.00 GBP
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L. & CLARKE, MARY: The Ballet Annual 1962. No 16. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Sixteenth Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1961
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with blue to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 146pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and line drawings. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded . Creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Mild foxing spots throughout. Else a clean and tight copy. 16th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on Royal Ballet in USSR, Royal Ballet in USA, George de Cuevas, Swedish Royal Ballet, China, Ballaet criticism, Hungary, American Negro Dance, Balanchine, Denmark
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L.: The Ballet Annual 1956. no 10. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Tenth Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1955
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with blue to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. 144pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and colour frontis. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Rubbed around edges with small tears to top edges. Not price clipped). Covers slightly darkened at top. Else a clean and tight copy. 10th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on Alicia Markova, Diagileff, Ballat in Paris, America, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Sadler’s Wells.
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L.: The Ballet Annual 1957. No 11. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Eleventh Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1956
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with blue to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. 144pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and colour frontis. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly rubbed. Small tear to back top edge. Not price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 11th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on Anna Pavlova, Diagileff, John Cocteau, English Male Dancing, United States, Paris, Australia, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany.
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L.: The Ballet Annual 1959. No 13. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Thirteenth Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1958
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with red to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 146pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and line drawings. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed around edges. Small tears to back top edge. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 13th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on New York City Ballet, Undine, Soviet ballet, Jerome Robbins, West Side Story, Canada, Paris, Denmark, Italy, USA,
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HASKELL, ARNOLD L.: The Ballet Annual 1960. No 14. A Record and Year Book of the Ballet. Fourteenth Issue.
Adam & Charles Black Ltd, London. 1959
Tall 8vo. In cream cloth covers with blue to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. 160pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs and line drawings. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed at top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 14th issue of the Ballet Annual. Contains articles on Serge Lifar, Television Ballet, Classical Technique, Nadia Nerina, Soviet ballet, Bolshoi Ballet in New York, Cyrano de Bergerac,
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MONEY, KEITH: The Art of Margot Fonteyn.
Michael Joseph, London. 1965 1st edition.
folio. In speckled cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated with many b/w photographs by Keith Money. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Rubbed around edges with small tear to top edge, front. Not price clipped). Covers slightly darkened along edges. Else a clean and tight copy. Keith Money has photographed Margot Fonteyn in eighteen ballets over a period of two years. Previously notoriously camera shy she finally gave permission and this book is a stunning record of the dancer at work and in rehearsal, including a set with Rudolph Nureyev, where they are developing a new work in the studio. Includes commentary by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Keith Money and Margot Fonteyn herself.
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