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Seatlle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1979. Cloth, 278 pages, illustrations, figure; 24 cm. Map on lining papers. Twelve papers from a conference on Captain Cook's explorations held at Simon Fraser University in 1978. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket with light edgewear. CONTENTS: New geographical perspectives and the emergence of the romantic imagination; A presiding genius of exploration: Banks, Cook and empire, 1767-1805; Alexander Dalrymple and Captain cook: the creative interplay of two careers; Myth and reality: James Cook and the theoretical geography of Northwest America; Cook and the Nootka; The Spanish reaction to Cook's third voyage; Cook's reputation in Russia; Medical aspects and consequences of Cook's voyages; Cook's posthumous reputation; The artistic bequest of Captain Cook's voyages.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
Festival Ballet [Dancers of Today No. 4] by [Edited by Hugh Fisher] - 1953
by [Edited by Hugh Fisher]
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Festival Ballet [Dancers of Today No. 4]
by [Edited by Hugh Fisher]
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Published by Adam and Charles Black, 4, 5 & 6 Soho Square, London First Edition 1953. London 1953., 1953. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light grey paper covers, green title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 32 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Spine ends creased, tan age spots to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition photographic dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, shelf rubs to the covers, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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- Date Published 1953
- Keywords BALLET & BALLERINAS
Captain James Cook and His Times
by Fisher, Robin, and Johnston, Hugh J. M. (Edited by)
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- 9780295956541 / 0295956542
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The Bookman Anthology of Essays (1923)
by John Farrar (Edited by) | Heywood Broun, John Erskine, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, H. L. Mencken, Hugh Walpole, Alexander Woolcott, etc
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.25 x 7.75in. xiv. 271pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE. Shows slight shelf rubbing of the extremities, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. As pictured.
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Violetta Elvin. Dancers of Today No. 3.
by Edited By Hugh Fisher
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- very good
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London England: Adam & Charles Black, 1953. An illustrated record of Miss Elvin's roles in ballet since her arrival in England, including many superb photographs by the leading ballet photographers. Illustrated. 32 pp. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. Couple of small marks to inside cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.
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