THE SADLER'S WELLS BALLET : A History and Appreciation
by Clarke, Mary
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First American edition. Octavo. xv, 336 pp; 55 b/w photographs, appendices; bibliography of sources; index. Maroon cloth with silver-stamped lettering on spine in dj. VG/VG-, dj spine slightly darkened, price clipped at bottom of dj flap. Well-written history of the Sadler's Wells Ballet, founded in 1931 by Ninette de Valois, with the help of Frederick Ashton and Constant Lambert.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000284
- Title
- THE SADLER'S WELLS BALLET : A History and Appreciation
- Author
- Clarke, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Ballet performing Arts London Sadler's Wells Ninette De Valois Frederick Ashton Dance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dance;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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