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New York: Knopf, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/poor. Firts edition (stated). Oblong oversized hardcover in paper covered boards over light gray cloth spine. WARMLY INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, " To my darling Joan-/ My love and interest in her future career. Always/Muriel Stuart/ '52". xii+ 243 pp. with index; 118 line drawing plates demonstrating various ballet techniques. Preface by George Ballanchine. Very good, some edge wear to the boards. Tattered dust jacket laid in. A classci in its field. a guide to the basic techniques and terminology of the ballet. From the personal library of the late general manager of the New York City Opera Daniel Rule, with his ownership signature on the front pastedown and again , as was his habit, on page 99. Muriel Stuart (1901-1991) was an English-born ballerina who danced with Anna Pavlova and later was the leading teacher at the American School of Ballet. Stuart first auditioned for Pavola when she was 8 years old and joined…
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The Classic Ballet (inscribed by Muriel Stuart)
by Stuart, Muriel; Kirstein, Lincoln ; Dyer, Carlus (illus)
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Cowboy Dances: A Collection of Western Square Dances (Signed copy)
by Shaw, Lloyd
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Caldwell, Id: Caxton, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover; illustrated endpapers; 397 pp. with index. Later printing. SIGNED BY SHAW ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE. Mixture of recollections and instructions concerning old Western square dances by Lloyd Shaw, who spent decades collecting the true folk dances of the American Frontier, from cattle ranches to mining camps. Some 75 dances are presented, with complete calls and explanations, each illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Very good, previous owner' stamp front pastedown. In very good dust jacket.
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