Dance History: An Introduction
London: Routledge, Reprint of the Second Edition, 1995. Softcover, 289 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light soiling and edgewear to the covers. More
Price: $25.00
Dance
The Art of Terpsichore: An Elementary, Theoretical, Physical, and Practical Treatise of Dancing
New York: G. Recordi & Co., 1923. Hardcover, 8vo., blue cloth. 140 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Bumping to top edge of rear board. Mild soiling to boards. Contents unmarked. More
Price: $22.50
Dance as a Healing Art: Returning to Health with Movement and Imagery (SIGNED)
Mendocino, CA: Liferhythm Books, SIGNED BY ANNA HALPRIN. Softcover. 8vo. 196pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, light soiling to covers. More
Price: $30.00
Souvenir Program for Anna Pavlowa's (or Pavlova) Farewell Tour (1924) presented by S. Hurok
New York: Arthur Klar, Published 1924 (from information on inside back cover), 12.5 x 9.5 inches, string-tied stiff dark green wraps with raised gilt relief decoration by Malvina Hoffman, 16 pp, photos in browntone, very good, just a touch of soil to edges of wraps. More
Price: $45.00
The New York City Ballet -- inscribed to dancer and choreographer Anna Sokolow by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein --PLUS-- Anna Sokolow: The Rebellious Spirit, inscribed by the author to Sokolow
New York: Knopf, 2 books from the personal collection of dancer and choreographer Anna Sokolow. 1. 'The New York City Ballet', 1973, First Edition. Inscribed by the author, Lincoln Kirstein, and ballet impresario George Balanchine, to Sokolow. A Very Good, clean copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Sokolow's namestamp... More
Price: $480.00
Ballet: Camera Studies
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1937, First Edition. 241 pp. Introduction by Haskell, plus over 100 tipped-in black and white photos. Hardcover, large 4to., cloth-backed boards, gilt title, beveled edges. Very Good+ copy, no dust jacket. Light scratching and rubbing to the covers; browning to endpapers. Contents are clean and complete. An... More
Price: $160.00
Der Kunstlerische Tanz Unserer Zeit; Kuenstler, Kunstler
Konigstein im Taunus: Karl Robert Langewiesche, "21. bis 28. Tausend" Paperback, illustrated, 110 pp. + ads., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, small closed tear to frontispiece page, front inner hinge a bit strained, light rubbing/soil to covers, a bit of wear to the spine-ends (including a chip at bottom... More
Price: $12.00
Bourdelle and the Dance: Isadora and Nijinsky
Paris: Arted, Editions D'Art, First Edition. c.1969. Hardcover. Cloth. Folio. Unpaginated. 112 plates. Ex-Library. With library bookplate stamped 'Withdrawn' on front pastedown, offsetting to endpapers from library tape, pocket on rear endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Light general shelfwear, mild soiling to boards, light soiling / age toning... More
Price: $30.00
The Gods Come Dancing: A Study of the Japanese Ritual Dance of Yamabushi Kagura
Ithaca, NY: East Asia Program/Cornell University, Paperback, 1995, octavo, 326pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with creases to spine, binding tight, previous owner's small sticker to front endpaper, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ. More
Price: $25.00
Before, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance Writing
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, Softcover, 380 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy. More
Price: $20.00
Ballet Design Past & Present
New York: Studio Publications, Inc., 1946 Hardcover, in Good+ condition, with the boards bumped to the corners, with light handling soil and shelf wear to the boards, and the end papers are starting to tan. Several hundred costume and stage design samples dating back to the 1500s. 216 pp. More
Price: $18.00
My Dancing Days (INSCRIBED)
London: Phoenix House Ltd., INSCRIBED BY PHYLLIS BEDELLS ON FLYLEAF AND SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. First Edition. c.1954. Hardcover. Red cloth. 8vo. 224pp. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Mild general shelfwear. Rubbing to dustjacket, occasional short tears to edges, head of spine worn. More
Price: $26.25
Kinesics and Context: Essays on Body Motion Communication
Philadelphia, PA: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1970, Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition. The Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear that includes edge wear. The Dust Jacket has been freshly enclosed in an archival gloss Mylar jacket protector. More
Price: $14.00
The Intimate Act of Choreography
Pittsburgh: University Of Pittsburgh Press, First edition, 1982, hardcover, octavo, 230pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book Fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ Near Fine with a hint of rubbing along the spine. Scarce in hardback and DJ! Errata slip laid-in. "...presents the what and the how of..... More
Price: $33.28
Six Curtains for Stroganova
London: Michael Joseph, Second printing, 1946, hardcover with gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 190pp., not illustrated. Book VG with mild wear and sunning to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's sticker to front pastedown, text clean and unmarked with toning throughout. DJ VG- with edgewear that... More
Price: $20.00
Dancing from Past to Present: Nation, Culture, Identities; Studies in Dance History
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, Softcover, 245 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy. More
Price: $20.00
Polka Happiness
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, First Edition. c.1992. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt spine titles. 4to. 221pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Mild rubbing to spine-ends, light tanning / waviness to page edges. Rubbing to dustjacket, light wear at spine-ends and corners, light soil. More
Price: $24.00
The Ballet Theatre, Thirteenth Season 1951-1952
New York: Ballet Theatre Foundation, Annual for the Ballet Theatre's Thirteenth Season, 1951-1952. Wraps, 4to. Unpaginated, illustrated, with additional Ballet Theatre Annual Portfolio of Portraits by ballet photographer George Platt Lynes laid in. Very good. Minor edgewear, rubbing to wraps. Internally bright and unmarked. More
Price: $20.00
Program: S. Hurok Presents Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes of Monte Carlo (1935)
New York: Nicolas Publishing Col. No date, but internal evidence suggests 1935. Quarto, wraps with textured wax paper overlay, ca. 40 pp, illustrated, some in color, very good. Program features a variety of ballets, with costumes by Benois and Bakst. More
Price: $35.00
Le Tumulte Noir -- complete portfolio, inscribed by Colin and with an additional plate
Paris: H. Chachoin, One of 500 copies on Velin, from a total run of only 520 copies. This copy inscribed by Paul Colin on the title page to Jeanne (Silvain) and Edmond Roze. Roze (1878-1943) was born Edmond Roos. He was a theater impresario and actor who joined the French... More
Price: $25,000.00
F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest have the honor to present Balieff's Chauve-Souris, Bat Theatre, Moscow
New York: Dancey-Davis Press, Program for the 1923-24 theatrical season featuring the famous Chauve-Souris stage group led by Nikita Balieff. 31 pp. + ads. Softcover, original wraps with bright puppeteering image on the front wrap and the company's bat logo on the rear. A Good copy: rear wrap soiled and... More
Price: $57.60
What is Dance?
Oxford: Oxford University Press, First edition, 1983. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 582 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, a bit of discoloration to the page-edges, some soiling or discoloration to the dust jacket, light wear to the tips and edges of the dust... More
Price: $30.00
Polka Made Easy
New York: Dance Guild / Book Guild, Presumed first edition, 1956. Large 8vo, hardcover, 93 pp. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket (likely as issued). Illustrated in b & w. Includes two 45 RPM dance instruction records, glued in sleeves to both front and rear paste downs. Book is Very Good... More
Price: $50.00
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Season 1945-46
New York: General Program Corp. Annual for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, season 1945-49. Paperback, 4to. in wraps by Dorthea Tanning. Unpaginated, with ads and illustrations throughout. Good. contents loose in wraps. Edgewear, creasing to wraps. Contents toned at extremities, but remain complete, clean, and unmarked. More
Price: $25.00
Catherine la danseuse; "les femmes travaillent"
Paris: Fernand Nathan, No date (ca. 1965). Hardbound, illustrated, unpaginated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light rubbing to the tips, minor wear to the endpapers. Text in French. More
Price: $22.80