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Wingate, London, 1951.. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 86pp. b/w plates. Good, spine faded, ownewr's inscription on fep. / no d/w. .
Ballet by Cecil Beaton - 1951
by Cecil Beaton
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Ballet
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Great Britain: Wingate, 1951. 84 pages. black and white photographs. Cecil Beaton's recollections of the ballet, set down in this sparkling personal memoir in his pungent and highly individual prose, comences when, as a boy during World War I, he admired the precision drill of the 'Palace Girls' in London. From then on much of Beaton's life and activities have centered on dances and dancing, and he has worked intimately - as designer, photographer, collaborator, and enthusiastic connoisseur - with all the great figurres of the ballet, Diaghileff, Lifar, Lopokova, Christian Berard, Balanchine, Markova, Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Massine, all of whom are here deftly characterized. Over 100 of Beaton's superb photographs are included in this book - portraits of star dancers, close-ups, scenes of ballet in action, and scenes behind the scenes. In addition the text is embellished with dozens of drawings from his sketchbooks, and there is an enchanting title page. . 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Theater.
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- Publisher Wingate
- Place of Publication Great Britain
- Date Published 1951
- Keywords Cecil Beaton Ballet Dancer Dance Dancing Memoir Prose Photographs Portraits Dancers Drawings
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
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Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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London: Wingate, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. An attractive book of text with photographs and illustrations by Beaton. An about very good copy in cloth boards with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper and some sunning to the edges of the boards and in an about fair dust jacket that has numerous chips, tears, splitting along the spine and other wear.
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Ballet
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Allan Wingate, 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the book is much scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings throughout. front end page has been removed. text is clear and legible. rather fair condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Ballet
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London, United Kingdom
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red paper covered boards with a gilt decorated black cloth spine; illustrated colour title page; black & white plates. Very slight shelf wear, small gift inscription ffep.
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Wingate, 1951. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Ballet
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth with red cloth boards and spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with many gorgeous black and white photographs taken by the author. Signed by previous owner on front free endpaper. Quarter-inch closed tear to bottom of rear dust jacket cover. A gorgeous book in remarkable, almost flawless condition. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 84 pages.
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Cape Town, South Africa
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DW. Solid book, quite beaten dw. Not price clipped.
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Gunnislake, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Wingate, 1951. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Almost in very good condition, some foxing to fore-edge and page edges, binding sound; clipped wrapper is foxed and worn with slight loss to corners and 4cm split to top of spine..
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BALLET
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Clean and well bound. No inscriptions annotations or marks. Dust jacket has been repaired at the top of the spine and along the lower front edge. Colour drawing as frontis. Illustrated throughout with b&w line drawings, caricatures and photo plates. Spine is sun faded.
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Ballet
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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London: Wingate, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated. Fine in very good dust jacket with the spine mildly toned and a modest chip at the crown.
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