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Alice in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1932
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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$35.00
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New York: Samuel French, 1932. 137pp. Blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Book is clean and nearly unworn, spine slightly faded, binding is tight. Unclipped dust jacket is edge chipped, darkened at folds and spine, short tears. Adapted for the stage by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. Foreward by Eva Le Galliienne.. First Edition Thus.… Read more
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$35.00

Opening Week of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Philharmonic Hall September 23-30, 1962
by Schuman, William (President)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1962
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1962. 38pp. Blue card stock, gilt lettering. Cover and contents are in clean and sound condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibl.
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The Soviet Ballet
by Slonimsky, Juri and Others
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1947
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$15.00
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1947. 285pp. Blue cloth, black lettering and decoration. Binding is sound, spine and edges faded, contents are clean and unmarked. 176 pages of text plus 100 pages of illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Theatre
by Maugham, W. Somerset
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1937
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company,Inc., 1937. 292pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title and decoration. Cover is clean and nearly unworn, contents age-toned, clean and binding is tight.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$15.00

Bolshoi Theatre U.S.S.R. Opera Ballet
by
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1958
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Moscow, 1958. 565pp, text is in Russian.. Decorative cloth designed after Bolshoi Theatre curtain, bevelled boards, spine label, silk bookmark. Book is clean and sound exterior and interior. Dust jacket is edgeworn and has a small tape reapair to lower spine. Slipcase is edgeworn and partially faded, but has preserved its contents very well. Biographies of… Read more
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$150.00

Russian Ballet On Tour
by Orloff, Alexander
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780847811069
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: Rizzoli, 1989. 208pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, dust jacket is in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Bolshoi Ballet
by Cameron, Judy (Photographer)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780064306003
- Item Price
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$20.00
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New York: Harper & Row, 1975. 178pp. Near fine book in a very good, very lightly worn dust jacket. Published on the bicentenial of the Bolshoi Ballet. Introduction and notes by Walter Terry.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$20.00

Heritage of a Ballet Master : Nicolas Legat
by Gregory, John (Editor)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$20.00
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Boooklyn, NY: Dance Horizons, 1977. 114pp. Book and dust jacket are in clean and unworn condition. Biography, tributes from dancers and pupils. Includes 7 classe by Legat.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.
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Internationales Ballett Auf Deutschen Bühnen
by Killian, Hannes (Photography); Bland Alexander et al.
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1968
- Condition
- Very Good
- Item Price
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$25.00
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München: Prestel-Verlag, 1968. 143pp. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine lettering, text is in German and English. Cover is clean and unworn, contents clean and mildly toned. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned and has a one half-inch clean tear.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$25.00

Costumes and Curtains from the Diaghilev and de Basil Ballets
by Buckle, Richard and Massine, Léonide (Intro and Preface)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Item Price
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$75.00
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New York: The Viking Press (A Studio Book), 1972. 179, 121pp + 144 plates. Bright pink boards, gilt spine lettering. Near fine book, contents clean, very good dust jacket. A LIMITED EDITION of 750 copies of which this is number 96. Includes Sotheby's catalogues of July 17, 1968 and December 19, 1969. . Limited Edition.… Read more
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$75.00

Next Week, Swan Lake: Reflections on Dance and Dances
by Cohen, Selma Jeanne
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780819550620
- Item Price
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$18.00
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Wesleyan University Press, 1982. 193pp. Blue cloth. Book and dust jacket are both in clean and unworn condition. An in depth study of the many productions and interpretations of "Swan Lake" from its introducttion in 1877 until the present time. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Giselle & Albrecht: American Ballet Theatre's Romantic Lovers
by Fehl, Fred (Photographs) and Hering, Doris (Text)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780871271242
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Barys Markova Nagy Bruhn : Dance Horizons, 1981. 191pp. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Near fine book, very good dust jacket with slight edgewear.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$50.00

Stuttgart Ballet
by Koegler, Horst (Text) and Spatt, Leslie E. (Photography)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780903102421
- Item Price
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$20.00
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London: Dance Books Ltd, 1978. Unpaginate 130pp approx. Red cloth. Book is fine condition, clipped dust jacket is in near fine condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Royal Ballet in Performance
by Hart, John
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1959
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Item Price
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$15.00
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New York: Coward-McCann Inc., 1959. 160pp. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering. Very good condition, endpapers mildly toned, contents are clean, binding is tight. Many photos of The Royal Ballet in action.. First American Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Frederick Ashton; A Choreographer and His Ballets
by Dominic, ,Zoë and Gilbert. John Selwyn
- Seller
- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Signed/Limited
- ISBN
- 9780245505713
- Item Price
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$250.00
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London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1971. 256pp. White cloth boards, gilt letteriing to spine. Book is in near fine condition in publisher's original mylar jacket. SPECIAL EDITION limited to 110 copies SIGNED by Ashton, this being copy No. 87. Original slipcase is very lightly worn. A very scarce edition. A New York… Read more
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$250.00

Goncharova: Stage Designs and Paintings
by Chamot, Mary
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1979
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780905368528
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Oresko Books Limited, 1979. 104pp. Yellow boards, gilt spine lettering. Book is clean and unmarked; very good dust jacket is lightly faded along spine and folds. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess
by Levinson, André (Preface)
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Item Price
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$75.00
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New York: Benjamin Blom, 1971. 18pp, 54 full page illustrations, color frontispiece. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in a clean, sound and unworn condition. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$75.00

The Romantic Ballet from Contemporary Prints
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
- Seller
- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$15.00
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1948. Grey boards, blue lettering. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is lightly edgeworn and spine is mildly darkened. Book contains 16 full-page color illustrations and 12 pages of text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$15.00

Le Monologue Moderne
by Cadet, Coquelin
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- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1881
- Condition
- Fair
- Item Price
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$25.00
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Paris: Paul Ollendorf, 1881. 34pp. Couverture souple. Stitched binding. Soiling to covers, spine missing, binding loose but holding, text is age-darkened and is complete. . Soft Cover. Fair. Illus. by Luigi Loir. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Post-Mortem; A Play in Eight Scenes
by Coward, Noel
- Seller
- Old Bookshelf
- Published
- 1931
- Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$125.00
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London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. 83pp. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Grey boards. Boards stained, splitting along spine, waterstaining to top margin of endpapers, some to inscription page, text is sound. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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$125.00