Search Results: Performing Arts / Dance from Hall of Books

Prague: Artia, 1962. 1st. Hardback. Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1962, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges with chip at spine tail and staining to reverse (now protected); brown cloth boards, with illustration to front panel, slightly faded to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations - gift inscription to front endpaper; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1951. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. Third edition hardback reprint, 1951, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed, chipped and nicked (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and music bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Francis, Day & Hunter, 1951. Sheet Music. Very Good. Original 4pp sheet music booklet in F&D's Square Dance Series with illustrated front cover, 1951, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; music bright and clear throughout. Arranged for piano. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Arco, 1955. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1955, with no jacket. In overall very good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - original red cloth boards, with bright gilt titles to spine, are faded to spine and upper corners slightly bumped. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; a little tanning to endpapers but text and plates bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Seventh Edition Reprint 1938. In overall good condition with no jacket, cream boards with embossed diagonal lines. Spine a little tanned and with a raised crease down the middle. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; endpapers tanned but text clean and clear throughout.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. October 1935 Reprint. In overall good condition with no jacket, black boards a little faded and with some minor wear to spine head, tail and corners; slight mark to title page. Silver titles to front board and spine still sharp. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and fantastic photographs and illustrations clean and clear throughout.

Collins, 1954. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition hardback, 1954, with unclipped jacket. 5 x 7.5 inches, 256 pages. In overall very good condition with only very minor signs of handling and storage - dj a little rubbed to edges and corners; blue cloth boards with bright silver titles to spine and corners slightly rounded. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, page-ends a touch tanned but text clean and clear throughout. Frontis-plate photograph of Italia Conti. A very tidy, private copy of this scarce title in excellent condition. Please contact us for more information and photographs

Collins, 1962. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First Edition hardback, 1962, with unclipped jacket. 8.5 x 11 inches, 235 pages and heavy. In overall very good condition, dj is worn and rubbed to edges with a couple of minor chips; grey cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, are a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, slight age-tanning to page edges but text and copious b&w photographs very clean and clear throughout. An intimate biogrpahy of the famous Prima Ballerina.

The English Folk Dance And Song Society, 1972. Paperback. Good. Paperback pamphlet, 1972, in overall good-to-very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Hardback. Acceptable/No Jacket. Unknown edition but mid 1950's judging by the photographs. Foreword by Maurice Chevalier. Has been rebound in quality library binding - heavy duty boards covered in green buckram with gilt title to spine. There is no title page and the usually adjacent striking photograph of a nude dancer is also missing, but there are none of the normal library marks either. In generally good condition, boards are slightly worn to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and photographs clean and clear throughout. There is a small stain to p17 and the photograph at p48 has been torn out. A very good reading copy.

The Imperial Society Of Teachers Of Dancing Incorporated, 1963. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1963, containing 12 different Scottish regional dances. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and diagrams bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

J. Saville & Co. Ltd. Paperback. Good. Undated paperback edition, in overall good useable condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - cream card covers a little darkened and rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Stapled binding overall tight - the centre pages have pulled through the staples and the staples are slightly rusty; minor annotation to the final song only; toning to page-ends but text, music and instructions bright and clear throughout. 8 songs including: Crinolines; Pierrot Troupe; Gipsies; Pixies; Mr. Punch; Rag Dolls; Sleigh Bells and White Daisy. Not an old library book.

Kings Langley: Caber Feidh Publications, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1972, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Kings Langley: Caber Feidh Publications, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback pamphlet, 1972, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

The Imperial Society Of Teachers Of Dancing Incorporated, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1966, containing 12 different Scottish regional dances. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and diagrams bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

The Imperial Society Of Teachers Of Dancing, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1971, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and dance-step diagrams bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Dumfries: Jackie Johnstone. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions - owners name small and neat to reverse of front cover; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Herbert Jenkins. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Undated forty-fourth edition revised and enlarged hardback, c.1950s, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed and slightly chipped to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

London: Phoenix , 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Phoenix Giant Edition. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - faint crease down spine and white rear cover slightly soiled. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and pictures crips and clean throughout.

Johnson, 1967. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Barbara Crocker. First edition hardback, 1967, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges; boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations - brief and neat gift inscription to ffep dated 1971; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.