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Sydney/London: Pier 9, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dance shoes, bookbinders, piano makers and other skilled crafts. 272pp, pictorial hardcover
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Shoes for the Moscow Circus: Scenes from a Hidden World Hardcover -
by Leta Keens
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- Title Shoes for the Moscow Circus: Scenes from a Hidden World
- Author Leta Keens
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language ENG
- Publisher Murdoch Books
- Date 1
- ISBN 9781741964677
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Shoes for the Moscow Circus: From Foundries and Flagmakers to Stonemasons and Taxidermists
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Shoes for the Moscow Circus. Scenes from a Hidden World. From foundries and Flagmakers to stonemasons and Taxidermists.
by Keens, Leta.
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- 9781741964677 / 1741964679
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Sydney: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australa, 2010. 271pp, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards, no jacket. Slight bow to boards. Tucked away in a suburban Sydney shopfront is a workshop where thye make dance shoes the way they have always been made-by hand. They make shoes that are worn by can-can dancers in Paris and by the acrobats of te Moscow Ciircus. This book looks behind the scenes of 28 little-know, but remarkable, trades and industries as diverse as harstack builders and a doll's hospital, an umbrella maker and a blacksmith. Explores the history, traditions and skills, passions and personalities and often the unexpected romance, strangeness and beauty of this hidden world.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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