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AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG SIGNED BY MODERN DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER AND AVANT-GARDE...
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG SIGNED BY MODERN DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER AND AVANT-GARDE THEATER DIRECTOR JEAN ERDMAN.

by Erdman Jean. (b. 1916). American dancer, choreographer of modern dance and avant-garde theater director.

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New York: circa 1950., 1950.. Very good. - Letter penned in blue ink and filling 1-1/4 sides of a sheet of her 11-inch high by 8-3/8-inch wide personalized letterhead with her name & address printed at the top. Signed "Jean Erdman". The corners of the letter are lightly creased with a pinhole in the top left corner & the top right corner slightly darkened. Folded twice for mailing. Very good. Erdman writes regretting that she is unable to attend Rugg's Wednesday Luncheon Forums at Teachers College of Columbia University. "I wish that I could manage to control my activities so that I would be free to participate in such interesting-sounding gatherings. When I talked with Mr. [Nik] Krevitsky a few weeks ago, I thought that my schedule would allow me to come, but since then I have discovered that Wednesdays must needs be used up in rehearsals with my dance company...."The two greatest influences on dancer and choreographer Jean Erdman [b. 1916] were Joseph Campbell and Martha Graham. She married… Read More
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BRONISLAVA NIJINSKA: EARLY MEMOIRS. Translated and Edited by Irina Nijinska and Jean Rawlinson...
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BRONISLAVA NIJINSKA: EARLY MEMOIRS. Translated and Edited by Irina Nijinska and Jean Rawlinson with an Introduction by and In Consultation with Anna Kisselgoff

by (Nijinksky, Vaslav). Njinska, Bronislava

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981).. (1981).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & the tail of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a tiny tear to the rear panel. xxv, [1] leaf & 546 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. There is some very light foxing & soiling to the fore-edge, top edge & bottom edge. Very good. <p>First American edition.
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COVENT GARDEN BOOKS - NUMBER 1: BALLET 1946-1947. Editor: Anthony Gishford. (Paperback).
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COVENT GARDEN BOOKS - NUMBER 1: BALLET 1946-1947. Editor: Anthony Gishford. (Paperback).

by (Gishford, Anthony; editor).

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[London]: Printed by Jarrold and Sons Ltd. Norwich and Published bu the Covent Garden Opera Trust, (1946)., (1946).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps illustrated by James Bailey. The covers are slightly rubbed along the extremities. 64 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white and in color. There is a tiny dent to the front edge of the front cover and first few leaves. Very good. Includes contributions by Philip Page "The Royal Opera House", Anthony Gishford "The Covent Garden Opera Trust" and "Frederick Ashton" (with a portrait by Cecil Beaton), David Webster "Lord Keynes", Frances Harris "Ninette de Valois", Sacheverell Sitwell "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Giselle", and Michael Benthall "The Creation of a Ballet".This volume is superbly illustrated with portraits of the dancers and notables, including Ninette de Valois, Constant Lambert, Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Harold Turner, Pamela May, June Brae, Robert… Read More
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THE DANCE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Revised and Enlarged Edition. (With an Introduction by Lincoln Kirstein)

by Chujoy, Anatole; and Manchester, P. W.; compilers and editors

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New York: Simon and Schuster, (1967).. (1967).. Good. - Thick octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. The dust jacket is rubbed, soiled & chipped with creases to the flaps. The jacket spine is darkened with the head torn. xii, 992 & [3] pages, with the text printed in 2 columns. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.
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THE DANCE: The story of the dance told in pictures and text / by John Martin, dance critic of The New York Times

by Martin, John

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New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1946).. (1946).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], black cloth with an illustration stamped in silver on the front cover. The covers are bumped. 160 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. There is light offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers with an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is foxing to the endpapers, the prelims & the last page of the index. The bottom corner of the contents page is creased. Good.
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DICTIONARY OF THE DANCE.

DICTIONARY OF THE DANCE.

by Raffe, W. G.;

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New York: A. S. Barnes and Company / New York: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, (1975)., (1975).. Good. - Large octavo [10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide], black cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine & the bottom corner of the front cover are bumped & the bottom edge of the cover is slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed with a few chips & short tears. 583 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a good dust wrapper. 1975 reprint of the 1964 edition.Compiled, written and edited by W. G. Raffe, assisted by M. E. Purdon.
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DICTIONARY CATALOG OF THE DANCE COLLECTION: A List of Authors, Titles, and Subjects of Multi-Media Materials in the Dance Collection of the Performing Arts Research Center of the New York Public Library. Volume 7: Modern-Pass. (Volume 7 only)

by (New York Public Library)

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NY: The New York Public Library/ Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations / Boston, MA: G. K. Hall & Company, 1974.. 1974.. Very good. - Quarto, blue cloth titled in white with illustration stamped in white on front cover. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped & slightly warped. Unpaginated. Very good.
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A HISTORY OF BALLET AND DANCE IN THE WESTERN WORLD

by Bland, Alexander

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New York: Praeger Publishers, (1976).. (1976).. Very good. - Quarto, cream cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The bottom edge of the rear cover is slightly rubbed and the dust jacket is slightly soiled. 192 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Near fine. <p>First American edition. Laid in at the front is Vol.2, No.2 of the 8-page periodical "Performance Previews: A Publication of the Education Committee of the Boston Ballet Society, March 1979".
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New York: Dunetz and Lovett, [circa 1967].. [circa 1967].. Very good. SIGNED BY JOSE GRECO AND HIS DANCERS - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10- 5/8 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in pictorial blue, green & black stapled wraps. The covers are lightly creased and detached from the text block. 24 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with portraits of the dancers and photographic illustrations of the dances. The corners of the pages are very slightly creased. Very good. <p>A wonderful copy signed by Jose Greco across his portrait, and also signed by Nana Lorca, Carmen Quintero, Luis Rivera, Antonio del Castillo, and Paco Doniz across or next to their respective portraits.<p>Additionally laid in at the front is a 10 inch high by 7 inch wide 4-page program for the March 18th, 1967 performance of Jose Greco and his company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Center for the Performing Arts.
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LONGING FOR THE IDEAL: IMAGES OF MARIE TAGLIONI IN THE ROMANTIC BALLET. [Published in]: HARVARD...
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LONGING FOR THE IDEAL: IMAGES OF MARIE TAGLIONI IN THE ROMANTIC BALLET. [Published in]: HARVARD LIBRARY BULLETIN Volume XXXII, Number 2, Spring 1984.

by Binney, Edwin 3rd.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library, 1984., 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, 10-1/4 inches high by 6-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light grayish-blue printed wraps with the Harvard Library Bulletin's monogram printed in brown on the front cover. The top corner of the front cover and the front edge of the rear cover are slightly creased. There is a glue stain (possibly from a label) along the left edge of the front cover and some light staining along the right edge of the rear cover. [100] pages in all, consisting of [2] leaves and pages 105-200, with several illustrations throughout including a full-page illustration of Marie Taglioni in La Gitana, and 2 other full-page illustrations of the ballerina. The front edges of the pages are lightly creased. Very good. <p>In addition to Edwin Binney, 3rd's essay on Marie Taglioni, the journal includes Mark Hammond's essay on "The Library of Kirkland House -- The John Hicks House" and Juan Marichal's… Read More
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SHEET MUSIC FOR RUMBA CALYPSO INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY NINO {THE GREAT) YACOVINO

by Yacovino, Nino (The Great). Miami-based dancer, singer, emcee and Rumba instructor

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(New York): Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1948.. 1948.. Good. - 4-page sheet music approximately 12 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Inscribed around and over the titling on the first page and signed "Nino" The inscription is undated but probably circa 1948. The pages are bumped, lightly soiled & a bit darkened. 2 names and an address & telephone number are noted in ink on the 4th page. Good. <p>The first page is headed "'Special Artist Edition' / Nino (The Great) Yacovino / Rumba Calypso. Lyrics by Harry Brent. Music by Irving Fields". The inscription, penned around this titling, reads: "To my dear Marilyn - I love you & your wonderful family - / Always, / Nino". There follow two more pages of music and lyrics with a further four stanzas of lyrics on the fourth page headed "Rumba Calypso / Special Patter Choruses" which feature Yacovino dreaming he is running for President.
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TANGO AND RUMBA: The Dances of Today and Tomorrow. Described by Veloz and Yolanda

by Veloz, Frank and Yolanda

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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938.. 1938.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], blue cloth titled in blue within gilt panels on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with its extremities slightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with its rear panel lightly soiled & with some darkening to the front panel & spine. 151 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. There is a previous owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>Introduction and choreography by Willard Hall. 'With many illustrations from photographs of these two popular dances for which the authors posed."
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