The Classic Ballet (inscribed by Muriel Stuart)
by Stuart, Muriel; Kirstein, Lincoln ; Dyer, Carlus (illus)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/poor
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/poor. Firts edition (stated). Oblong oversized hardcover in paper covered boards over light gray cloth spine. WARMLY INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, " To my darling Joan-/ My love and interest in her future career. Always/Muriel Stuart/ '52". xii+ 243 pp. with index; 118 line drawing plates demonstrating various ballet techniques. Preface by George Ballanchine. Very good, some edge wear to the boards. Tattered dust jacket laid in. A classci in its field. a guide to the basic techniques and terminology of the ballet. From the personal library of the late general manager of the New York City Opera Daniel Rule, with his ownership signature on the front pastedown and again , as was his habit, on page 99. Muriel Stuart (1901-1991) was an English-born ballerina who danced with Anna Pavlova and later was the leading teacher at the American School of Ballet. Stuart first auditioned for Pavola when she was 8 years old and joined Pavlova's troupe at age 13, dancing with her until 1926.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GE17074
- Title
- The Classic Ballet (inscribed by Muriel Stuart)
- Author
- Stuart, Muriel; Kirstein, Lincoln ; Dyer, Carlus (illus)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- dance, ballet, pavlova, performing arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dance;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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