Anthony, Gordon

Ballet Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony (Signed Limited Edition)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1937. Signed and Limited, Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 241pp. Ivory linen boards, red leather spine backing, five raised bands, gilt lettering, book is in slipcase. An edition limited to 100 copies, of which this is No. 42, SIGNED by both Anthony Gordon and associate, Arnold Haskell. Spine slightly sunned and with very slight wear, text and all photos are clean and sound. Slipcase is worn along edges. Book is in very well-preserved condition. A magnificently designed book filled with captivating photos by Gordon Anthony, of the great dancers who performed during the first half of the 20th century. Near Fine.

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Book number: 004710

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet Dance Performance Dancers Ballerinas

Anthony, Gordon

Studies of the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company at Covent Garden

London, Home & Van Thal, 1947. First Edition, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Unpaginated 74pp, including 64 plates + frontispeice. Grey buckram boards, gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends rubbed, spine somewhat dulled, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A foreward by Anthony followed by 64 black and white photos of dancers, including Pauline Clayden, Richard Ellis, Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey,Moira Shearer, Michael Somes and many others. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001847

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Photography, Dance

Keywords: Ballet

Anthony, Gordon

Thr Sleeping Princess : Camera Studies

London, George Rouledge & Sons Ltd. 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 49pp, 63 tipped-in plates. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Coveris in near fine, unworn condition, a very faint trace of foxing on rear pastedown, text and all plates are clean and sound. Dust jacket is worn and chipped, and missing a large 3 x 8 inch piece from the lower rear panel, with slight loss of text. The book, however, is in very nice condition. Wonderful action photos and portraits of the artists. Text is written by Nadia Benois, Arnold Haskell and Constant Lambert. Near Fine/Poor.

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Book number: 004500

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet Ballerina Theater Dancers Tchaikovsky "Margot Fonteyn" "Robert Helpmann" "Ursula Moreton"

Crickmay, Anthony

Dancers

London-Paris-New York, William Morrow and Company, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0688012396. Unpaginated approx. 130pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered spine. Covers and interior are clean and sound, one corner bumped. Illustrated with action photos throughout. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004463

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet 0688012396

Crisp, Clement and Thorpe, Edward

The Colorful World of Ballet

London, Octopus Books Limited, 1978. 1st Edition, Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. 0904230392. Various. 96pp. Pictorial pink boards. Book and dust jacket are both in near fine, unworn condition. A very colorful illustrated book with a special 11 page section demonstrating a photographic sequence of basic ballet movements step by step. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004570

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Dancce Pallet Instruction History 0904230392

Edwards, Harvey

The Art of Dance

Boston, Bullfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company, 1989. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0821217348. 144pp. Purple cloth, silver lettering. Dampstain to lower portion of binding not affecting text or dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are in otherwise clean and sound condition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004569

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet Dance Technique Rehearsals 0821217348

Ewing, William A

Dance and photography

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0805005919. 240pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is bright and clean and evidently unused condition, and dust jacket is in very good condition. Wonderful black and white photos of all aspects of dance from classical ballet to tap and stomp. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004462

Catalogue: Dance, Photography, Performing Arts

Keywords: Ballet Waltz Tap Stomp Jive Astaire Pavlova Nijinskyi Duncan 0805005919

Grigorovich, Yu., Vanslov, V.

Thr Bolshoi Ballet; Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR

Neptune City, NJ, Paganiniana Publications, Inc. 1984. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 317pp. Pictorial boards. Very good condition, one corner bumped. Dust jacket also very good. Concise commentary and profuse illustrations in both color and black and white. Translated from the Russian by Yuri Sviridov. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004470

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Haskell, Arnold L.

Ballet Panorama By BAron

New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1954. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 222pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, contents age-toned, binding is tight. Unclipped dust jacket, is worn, scuffed, lightly soiled, age-darkened. Wonderful photos by Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum). Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004361

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Photography, Dance

Keywords: Ballet Fonteyn Shearer Poole Blair Magallanes

Haskell, Arnold L.

The Beauty of Ballet

London, Max Parrish, 1961. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 125pp. Red cloth , gilt spine lettering. Very good book in very good unclipped dust jacket. Wonderful evocative black and white photography. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004354

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Photography, Dance

Keywords: Ballet

Money, Keith

The Royal Ballet Today

New York, The World Publishing Company, 1969. First American Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 272pp. Red boards, gilt lettering to spine. Very good book, clean tight binding. Dust jacket is lightly edge-chippped with short tears, overall sound. The Royal Ballet with a profusionof photos on stage and in rehearsal. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004363

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Photography, Dance

Keywords: Ballet "Frederick Ashton"

Pokrovskii, Boris Aleksandrovich and Grigorovich, Yuri

The Bolshoi: Opera and Ballet at the Greatest Theater in Russia

New York, William A. Morrow and Company, Inc. 1979. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0688034926. 238pp. Red cloth covVery good condition, clean and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket is also very good. The history of two centuries of the Bolshoi Theatre. Numerous color photos. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004471

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Dance Ballet Opera Choreography Sets Performances 0688034926

Enkelmann. S. (Photographer)

Ballett

Hamburg, Verlag Hans Hoeppner, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 32pp. single sided. Black and white boards, text in German and French. Very light wear, contents mildly toned. Active dance photos by Siegrfied Enkelmann, each photo printed on one side only. May require extra charge for international shipping. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004464

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet Dance

Seymour, Maurice

Ballet Portraits

New York, Pelligrini and Cudahy, 1952. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 165pp. Blue buckram boards. Spine and edges are faded, but book is otherwise clean and sound inside and out, and appears to be unread. Unclipped dustjacket has a few faint spots to lower spine and rear panel, spine is faded. 154 photos of 70 different dancers by Maurice Seymour. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002712

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Photography, Dance

Keywords: Ballerina

Steeh, Judith

History of Ballet and Modern Dance

New York, Galahad Books, 1982. 1st Edition, Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. 0883656388. 256pp. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket has light wear and wrinkling along bottom edge, else clean and unworn. Wonderful expansive yet compact history of ballet beginning in the 18t century. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: 004572

Catalogue: Dance, Performing Arts, Photography

Keywords: Ballet Dance Diaghilev "Martha Graham" "Isadora Duncan" Ballanchine 0883656388