Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets
by Balanchine, George; edited by Francis Mason
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [1954]. No edition given. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. Green cloth boards, sharp and clean, with fade to edges. 1956 printing. No edition stated. Protected, price clipped, dustjacket is bright with shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding; b&w photos illustrate some of the dances as performed by ballet's greatest stars. Wonderful resource for classical ballet. In addition to the stories promised in the title, Balanchine has chapters such as How to Enjoy the Ballet, Ballet for Your Children, Careers in Ballet, Notes and Comments on Dancers, Dancing, and Choreography, and a Glossary. Performance photos of Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Alexandra Danilova, Alicia Markova, Maria Tallchief, Tanaquil LeClercq, and others. 615 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2214
- Title
- Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets
- Author
- Balanchine, George; edited by Francis Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- No edition given
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- [1954]
- Keywords
- Ballet. Classical Ballet. George Balanchine. Ballet Society. Lincoln , Kirsten. New York City Ballet, anna pavlova, maria tallchief, alexandra , danilova,
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