Ballet / Dance from Goldring Books

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1942. Gilt title on black boards which have only minor marks and no wear. Internally there is a contemporary name to front endpaper, just a touch of light foxing to closed edges else a clean, tigt unmarked copy. 208 pages. 48 illustrations.Includes sections on Charles Didelot, August Bournonville, Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, Ninette de Valois, Kurt… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 2011. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 292 pages. Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind blockbusters such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. But she started her career as a… Read more

New York: Broadway Books, 2008. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. 259 pages. First Edition, First Printing. In her twenties, Janet Carlson was a successful competitive ballroom dancer, but she abandoned dancing to raise a family and pursue a more conventional profession as an editor for a luxury lifestyle magazine. Twenty… Read more

London: Dance Books, 1987. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 213 pages. 48 pages of black and white photographs. The captivating and long-awaited memoir of Alexandra Danilova, one of this century's greatest and most beloved ballerinas. Her story is the story of modern ballet itself, from its beginnings in Imperial St. Petersburg,… Read more

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have light rubbing to front and just a hint of wear to corner tips. Internally there is a name to front endpaper , some foxing to endpapers and some age toning to margins else a clean, tight unmarked copy. Top edge gilt. Possibly signed by… Read more

London: London Festival Ballet Trust, 1975. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. Comprises: 25 Years of The London Festival Ballet - 1950-1975 by Peter Williams; Staff, Company and Repertoire; An Interview with Beryl Grey by Noel Goodwin; Prodigal Son (in ragtime);Sleeping Beauty; Parade; Numerous essays on artists; Vassilie Trunoff by Edward Thorpe; and other details… Read more

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1935. Paper title labels on cream cloth boards which have very minor marks, fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is a light foxing to endpapers, fore edge and to the margins of some pages and an inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. 25 pages. 12 illustrations. A biography of the famous… Read more

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1938. Paper title labels on blue cloth boards which have very minor marks, fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is a light foxing to endpapers, fore edge and to the margins of some pages and an inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. There is also a contemporary postcard of Anna Pavlova… Read more

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1951. Blue titles on cream cloth boards which have some foxing with no wear. Internally there is a name, date and initials to front endpaper. Dustjacket has name and initials written on inside flap. 144 pages. 130 photographs by the leading ballet photographers including Angus McBean.. Many drawings by Pauline Baynes and others. For… Read more

London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have age darkening to spine, some minor marks and just a touch of wear to spine head. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge and to the margins of some early and later pages else a clean, tight umarked copy. 416 pages. 24 illustrations. Regarded as… Read more

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1935. Paper title labels on blue cloth boards which have minor marks but no wear. Internally there is an inscription to front endpaper and light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else a clean, tight unmarked copy. 45 pages. 12 illustrations. Ninette de Valois founded the the Vic-Wells Ballet and Vic-Wells Ballet School which was… Read more

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1949. Red titles on cream cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a name, date and initials to front endpaper and foxing to closed edges. Dustjacket has name and initials written on inside flap. 144 pages. 130 photographs by the leading ballet photographers including Angus McBean.. Many drawings by… Read more

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1936. Paper title labels on red cloth boards which arhave minor marks, fading to spine and a little lifting of cloth to lower front. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers and fore edge and to the margins of some pages, an inscription to front endpaper else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. 40 pages. 29… Read more

London: C.W. Beaumont, 1945. Gilt title on blue boards which have fading to spine but barely any wear. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge and a little to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. a Good to Very Good copy. 175 pages. 47 illustrations. Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (1903-1997) was a Russian-born prima ballerina, who became… Read more

London: Ruth French and Felix Demery, 1938. Brown cloth spine on cream boards which have a few minor marks and little wear to corner tips. Internally there is a name and address to front endpaper, light foxing/age toning to endpapers and writing to rear blank endpaper, foxing marks throughout and marginal notes. First published in 1934 and revised in 1938Separate… Read more

London: Hamlyn, 1970. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a small repaired closed tear. A large format volume of 140 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Mike Davis. The fascinating history of the renaissance and modern dance throughout the world, from the time of Diaghilev in the early part of the 20the century until the present day,… Read more

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A very large format volume of 176 pages. Profusely illustrated. This book celebrates one of the biggest comebacks in the history of the arts. The most striking post-war development in the world of the arts has been the emergence… Read more

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Yellow titleon black cloth boards which have gentle bumping to front corner tips, a minor mark to front but no wear. Internally there is a name to front endpaper, light foxing to fore and lower edges and to the margins of some pages and age darkening to endpapers. 235 pages. 12 plates. An appreciation… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Gold title to spine and blind embossed title to front board which has a little rippling to front board (possibly due to manufacture or by gentle creasing) but no wear. Internally there is an inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Spine is cocked. Dustjacket has a touch of wear to… Read more

London: Robert Hale, 1938. Red cloth boards have age darkening to spine, a little wear to spine head and tail and gentle bumping to lower corner tips. Internally there is age toning to closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. 320 pages. 12 illustrations including an unpublished photograph of Vaslaw Fomitch Nijinsky taken in his practice costume at… Read more