The Dance: Through the Ages by Sorell, Walter - 1967

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1967 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Book has slightly bowed front board, with other scuffs and soils; worn dust jacket with edge chips, creases, soils, etc..

New York: Madison Square Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket has 2" tear and is worn at edges, else very good. VERY GOOD/FAIR.. Photographs. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2. 304 pp .

NY:Grosset and Dunlap,(1967), 1967. ,cloth,dw,ill,304pgs, some light underlining, dw chipped and torn else,VG

Thames and Hudson, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. First Published in GB. 304 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Laminated jacket. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. G/FR. (1967). ........ Cloth w/DJ. 4to., 304 pp., Dj rubbed, chipped, torn & taped, frayed, cover toning .

Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thames and Hudson, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor Condition. 304 pp, include selected reading guide, a cultural chronology, and index. Illustrated endpapers, 250 illustrations including 18 in colour, colour illustrated dustwrapper. The dustjacket is rubbed across both top and bottom edges, and has a short tear at the top left of the front panel, and is price clipped. The book is tight and clean. In this book the author presents a comprehensive and absorbing history of the art from its earliest beginnings until today. Starting with the origins of the dance in primitive religious rites, he goes on to discuss the dances of the ancient Greek and Hebrew civilisations, the strange frenzies of the medieval dance of death tradition, and the origin of national dances. The dance in all its forums is analysed, and the book ends with a discussion of the place of dance in the cinema, television and musical play, and with a valuable brief history of the methods used to… Read More

New York.: Grosset & Dunlap. , 1967.. First edition.. Hard cover. . Fine (very light foxing on bottom of first few end papers) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).. 4to.. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 304 pages. Illustrations (a few in color). Selected Reading Guide. A Cultural Chronology. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Bookplate of previous owner faces the half-title page. From an obituary of the author available on-line: Walter Sorell, an erudite and prolific writer about dance and esthetics was 91.Mr. Sorell, who was the New York dance critic for The Providence Journal from 1950 to 1966 and a contributor to publications like Dance News, Dance Magazine, Dance Observer and Ballet Today, was concerned with history and philosophy as well as dance. The author of more than 25 books in English and German, he sought to unite the arts in a cultural synthesis. He also translated several important novels from the German, including Hermann Hesse's ''Steppenwolf'' and Erich Maria Remarque's ''Arch of Triumph.''Mr.… Read More