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: $30.00
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: $600.00
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: $200.00
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 With library bookplate stamped 'Withdrawn' on front pastedown, offsetting to endpapers from library tape, pocket on rear endpaper.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
Before, Between, and Beyond: Three Decades of Dance Writing
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, Softcover, 380 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy. More
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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: $35.00
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: $41.60
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
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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
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: $72.00
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
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: $30.40
Traditions of the Osage; The Ponca Sun Dance; Catalogue of Bronzes, Etc., In Field Museum of Natural History; Antiquities From Boscoreale in Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago: Field Columbian Museum / Field Museum of Natural History, Volume seven in four parts (published 1904-1912), all bound into one volume. Bound in green library buckram, 212 pp. + plates, heavily illustrated, Very Good+ ex-library copy with usual library marks (bookplate, stamps, etc.), closed tear to front flyleaf, minor... More
Price: $23.04
Honor Your Partner, Eighty-one American Square, Circle and Contra Dances, with Complete Instructions for Doing Them
New York: Devin-Adair, Blue cloth hard back with nicely illustrated jacket. Jacket is VG, with some edgewear and wear to spine ends. Light browning to heel of rear of jacket. Pages clean with text unmarked. With instructional photos. 286 pp. Quarto. More
Price: $20.40
Dancessence
Boise, ID: Peregrine Images, Signed by Eastman on the title page. 2009, First Edition. A Fine copy in original bamboo folder, with magnetic closure. 76 pp. Publisher's promotional material laid-in. More
Price: $55.00
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American Ballet Theatre [Theater]: Portraits by Nancy Ellison (With Laid-In Photo, Signed by Angel Corella)
n.p. American Ballet Theatre, 4to. Photo-illustrated wraps; pp. [144], with full-color photo-illustrations throughout. With a laid-in b/w 8" x 10" photograph (by photographer Rosalie O'Connor) of Angel Corella, signed by him in silver ink . Covers very faintly scuffed and a little soiled; gentle rubbing along edges, and at spine... More
Price: $46.08
From the Ball Room to Hell and The Lure of the Dance
La Crosse, WI: The Light, 96 pp. Softcover. A good+ copy in illustrated wraps. Some tearing of edges of wraps. Tearing is also present on outside of title page, but does not affect other pages or text. Discoloration, creasing and rubbing is also present on wraps. Contents of book are... More
Price: $24.48
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, American Tour 1942-1943
New York: Universal Art Inc, Annual periodical for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for the 1942-1943 American Tour. Paperback, 4to. in wraps by Boris Aronson. Unpaginated, with ads and illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear to wraps. Internally unmarked and bright. Housed in mylar. More
Price: $25.00