Baron at the Ballet by Arnold L.Haskell - 1954

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1951. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 222 pages. Hardcover bound in orange cloth with lettering in gilt. There is some bumping and wear to the binding. The front cove has a pale glass ring on it. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Foxing on the endpapers. Most of the text is clean, but there is some foxing opposite of a few (not most) of the illustrations. Illustrated throughout.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. 7th impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Includes black & white plates. Includes colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Unequal tanning to endpaper corresponding with jacket flaps. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean.

Collins, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. 4th Impression. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour photographic frontispiece with black and white photographs throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and photographs have light tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to front pastedown. Water staining to last few pages, photographs remain unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to inside rear panel. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour photographic frontispiece with black and white plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, rear board is loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Bubbling to boards. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy loss to spine and edges. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1954. Sixth Impression. 222 pages. Black dust jacket with white lettering over red cloth. B&W and colour photographs throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Moderate scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear and large tears to edges and corners, with some tape repair. Notable tanning, large stains and soiling to DJ.

New York, New York: William Morrow and Company, 1951. Book. Good. Oversized Hardcover. Good oversized hardcover in poor dustjacket. Some rubbing, chipping and tears to edges and corners of dustjacket but overall a good reading copy. All hardcovers are shipped in protective Demco mylar..

Collins, London, 1950, first edition, 222pp, b&w illustrations throughout, quarto, original red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, v.g. condition. Introduction and commentary by Arnold L. Haskell. ballet photography by v arious photographers. W/ an intro. by Sa chverell Sitwell..

London: Collins, 1950. First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 22cm), 222pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w, plus 8 colour plates. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing of the endpapers, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is just about in good condition (some rubbing, edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

London: Collins, 1950.. 8vo., 222 pp., Good, Red Cloth, some staining on boards, shelf wear.