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1) Birth of a Ballet
Austin, Richard

Vision London 1st 1976 HB. Following a Ballet Rambert production (Black Angels) from conception to opening night. VG in VG DJ, slightly edge-worn. 151pp. more information

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2) The Ballet Designs of Leslie Hurry
Beaumont, Cyril W

Ariel/Faber and Faber London 1946 HB. Spine worn to top, boards a little warped, very slight foosty smell, generally VG 72pp. more information

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3) Braunsweg's Ballet Scandals
Braunsweg, Julian

reader's union 1974 hdbk. The life of an impresario and the story of Festival Ballet. An errata slip is loosely laid in. VG in lightly worn but generally VG DJ, not price-clipped. 295pp. more information

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4) Performer and Audience - a psychological study of nervousness and stage fright
Ching, James

Keith Prowse London 1947 PB. A Freudian study, especially for pianists Illustrative cover worn and sunned, internally good 96pp. more information

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5) Performances . . . Dynamics of a Dance Group
Cope, Edith

Lepus Books London 1st 1976 HB. A study in group dynamics VG in VG DJ 212pp. more information

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6) Impresario
Hurok, S and Goode, Ruth

MacDonald London 1st 1947 HB. VG in price-clipped, marked, slightly edge-worn and torn, but generally good DJ 272pp. more information

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7) The Nature of Ballet - a critic's reflections
Monahan, James

Pitman London 1st 1976 HB. Music, choreography, dancing and décor - all the elements of ballet. VG in VG DJ. 122pp. more information

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8) Producing The Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian
Muller-van Santen, Julia J G

Universiteit Te Amsterdam Amsterdam 1st 1989 PB. A dissertation on the play The Prophetess by Fletcher and Massinger that became the 'semi-opera' Dioclesian with music by Purcell. Contains the full libretto with variant texts. VG 509pp. more information

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9) Shadowplay, the Life of Antony Tudor
Perlmutter, Donna

Viking Penguin New York 1991 hdbk. Biography of the leading choreographer and dancer with Ballet Rambert and the American Ballet Theatre. Illus. Top edge of page block marked, o/w VG in VG DJ. 419pp. more information

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10) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1969
programme

Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1969 PB. Cover by Osbert Lancaster. VG, cover protected by cellophane, internally VG. 84pp. more information

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11) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1968
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Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1968 PB. Cover by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Very slight stain to cover, slight edge-wear, generally VG 96pp. more information

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12) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1965
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Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1965 PB. Cover by Lorenzo Ghiglia. Cover slightly worn round the edges, internally VG. 93pp. more information

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13) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1970
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Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1970 PB. Cover by Charles Bravery. Cover edges slightly worn, internally VG, name on title page 92pp. more information

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14) Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1963
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Glyndebourne Productions Ltd 1963 PB. Cover design by Dennis Lennon. Cover good only, with a tear and edges rather rubbed, internally good. more information

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15) The Sadler's Wells Opera, A Pictorial Record
Stapleton, Michael

A and C Black London 1st edition 1954 hdbk. 95 b & w production photos from opera staged by Sadler's Wells between 1931 and 1946, with production list for the period and notes on some of the operas. Good (inscribed by prev. owner, sunned to base of spine) in Poor DJ (chipped, worn, torn). 66pp. more information

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16) Belshazzar's Feast - vocal score
Walton, William

OUP Oxford 1955 pbk. Revised edition. VG 120pp. more information

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17) Worzel Gummidge - a musical
Waterhouse, Keith, and Hall, Willis; Music by Denis King

Samuel French London 1st 1984 PB. Based on characters created by Barbara Euphan Todd VG 77pp. more information

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18) More Stories of Famous Operas
Wrench, Mrs Stanley

C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd London 1st edition 1926 HB. Contains: Tannhauser, The Mastersingers, The Barber of Seville, William Tell, The Daughter of the Regiment, Aida, Othello, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, La Sonnambula, Samson and Delilah, Manon Lescaut, La Tosca, Hansel and Gretel, Der Rosenkavalier, Mignon, Iris, The Boatswain's Mate, and The Perfect Fool. Gold lettering, illustrative cloth, good (faded at spine, corners bumped, wear on back, prize plate on FFEP, some yellowing internally) in good DJ (chipped, torn and worn). 192pp. more information

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