Author: Haskell, Arnold [text] & Anthony, Gordon [photograpjhy]
Title: Ballet - Camera Studies By Gordon Anthony
Description: Geoffrey Bles, 2 Manchester Square, 1937, 1st edition. Two tone cloth, G+. 241pp, tipped in b/w frontis, 9+5 tipped in b/w plates, cloth stained to the upper board by a water splash ( the red cloth having run into the cream cloth ), slight foxing to the text pages, in the b/w plates in fine order. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Photographic studies of 51 ballet stars from 5 ballet companies ( The De Basil Ballet, René Blum's Company, The Ballet Jooss, The Vic Wells Ballet & Alicia Markova & Anton Dolin's Company ). With Anthony's photography superbly capturing the larger than life atmosphere & presence of pre war Ballet. Dancers include Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Anatole Vilzak, Leonide Massine, Lubov Tchernicheva etc etc.

Keywords: ballet, dance, photography