The Royal Ballet: The First 50 Years
by BLAND, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
[London] Threshold Books [1981]., 1981. First edition. 4to. Foreword by Dame Ninette de Valois. Profusely illustrated with superb photographs in color and b/w. 3/4 red morocco over matching cloth, spine and covers stamped in gilt, a.e.g., silk endpapers. Fine. 320 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 155 of 250 numbered copies in the deluxe edition signed by Dame Ninette de Valois.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303031
- Title
- The Royal Ballet: The First 50 Years
- Author
- BLAND, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [London] Threshold Books [1981].
- Date Published
- 1981
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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