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Modern Ballet Design; A Picture Book with Notes by Buckle, Richard - 1955

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Modern Ballet Design; A Picture Book with Notes by Buckle, Richard - 1955

Modern Ballet Design; A Picture Book with Notes

by Buckle, Richard

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Adam and Charles Black, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. second-hand copy, dust jacket slightly rubbed on the edges, and with small split at the top of the spine. Internally clean, no annotations, no damage. Illustrated with both black and white photographs, and reproductions of set designs and of costumes reproduced mainly in black and white – the frontispiece is in colour. In this book the author using 207 illustrations, discusses and illustrates the work of a number of distinguished artists who have worked for ballet since the war. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Dance; Ballet; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 0279779. .
  • Bookseller Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 AU (AU)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good Condition
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Adam and Charles Black
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1955
  • Keywords BZDB2 NOISBN ballet England covent Garden Dance; Ballet; Theatre & Plays. Modern Ballet Design A Picture Book with Notes

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Modern Ballet Design: a picture-book with notes

Modern Ballet Design: a picture-book with notes

by Buckle, Richard

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright yellow boards with red lettering to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate rubbing and minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs, quite fine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xv [1], 2-125 [3] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Modern Ballet Design: A Picture-Book with Notes

by Buckle, Richard

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Used - Bookplate and ownership stamp of previous owner, binding lightly cracked, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj
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NY: Macmillan, nd (1955). Yellow cloth. Bookplate and ownership stamp of previous owner, binding lightly cracked, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 4to. Profusely illustrated in black and white.
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Modern Ballet Design

by Buckle, Richard

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Used - Good/G-. scuffs & wear to cover edges; spine ends worn & creased. spine split; textblock firm, pgs intact. pgs edge-toned; clean
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London, England: Adam & Charles Black, 1955. Hardcover. Good/G-. scuffs & wear to cover edges; spine ends worn & creased. spine split; textblock firm, pgs intact. pgs edge-toned; clean. neat previous owners signature & date to cover flyleaf.. yellow boards w/ red printing. 128 pgs w/ bw illustrations. color illustrated dustjacket w/ blue printing & protective plastic cover. Dustjacket has edge-wear, scuffs, marks, rubbing and tears. Richard Buckle, famed British ballet critic, examines the artist's of stage design of the post-World War II era.
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MODERN BALLET DESIGN - A PICTURE-BOOK WITH NOTES

by Buckle, Richard

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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1955. 128 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with color plates, designs by John Craxton for Daphnis and Chloe. 207 illustrations. Pages clean, v/g condition. White endpapers. Yellow cloth, red titles. Edges show very light wear. Corners lightly bumped. VG. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover.
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Modern Ballet Design.: A Picture-Book with Notes. With 207 Illustrations.

by Buckle, Richard

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1955. First Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1955. 20cm x 26.5cm. XV, 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn - photographer and artist Keith Money. Includes for example: James Bailey: Giselle, Vision of Marguerite. Cecil Beaton: Les Sirense, Apparitions, Les Patineurs. Andre Beaurepaire: Concdert de Danses, Cine-Bijou. Alexandre Benois: The Enchanted Mill, Giselle. Christian Berard: Les Forains, Clock Symphony, Caracole. Eugene Berman: Romeo and Juliet. Brassai: Le Rendez-vous, Le Reparateur de Radio. Edward Burra: Miracle in the Gorbals, Don Juan, Don Quixote. Carzou: Le Loup, Giselle. Andre Cassandre: Dramma Per Musica, Don Juan. Antoni Clave: Carmen, Ballabile, Revanche. Jean Cocteau: Phedre, L'Amour et Son Amour. Robert Colquhoun and Robert McBryde: Donald of the Burthens. John Craxton: Daphnis and Chloe. Salvador Dali: Mad… Read More
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