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Ballet. by BEATON, Cecil - 1951

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Ballet. by BEATON, Cecil - 1951

Ballet.

by BEATON, Cecil

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London & New York: Wingate,, 1951. Octavo. Original purple cloth, titles to spine and front cover in silver, top edge purple and pale blue. With the dust jacket, designed by the author. Colour lithograph title page, illustrations to the text by the author, 33 double-sided plates. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A few small spots to spine, slight offsetting to endpapers, contents clean and free from ownership marks. A near-fine copy in the dust jacket, not price-clipped, spine mildly toned, else bright and sharp. First edition, first impression, of this personal memoir by Beaton, copiously illustrated. The same year this work was published, Beaton designed a one-act version of Swan Lake for the New York City Ballet.
  • Bookseller Peter Harrington GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher London & New York: Wingate,
  • Date Published 1951

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Ballet

Ballet

by Beaton, Cecil

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  • Hardcover
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Wingate, London, 1951.. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 86pp. b/w plates. Good, spine faded, ownewr's inscription on fep. / no d/w. .
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Ballet

Ballet

by Cecil Beaton

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Wingate, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 86 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.
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Ballet

by BEATON, Cecil

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London: Wingate, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. An attractive book of text with photographs and illustrations by Beaton. An about very good copy in cloth boards with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper and some sunning to the edges of the boards and in an about fair dust jacket that has numerous chips, tears, splitting along the spine and other wear.
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Ballet

by Beaton, Cecil

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Used - Fair
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First Edition
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Allan Wingate, 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the book is much scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings throughout. front end page has been removed. text is clear and legible. rather fair condition. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Ballet

by Beaton, Cecil

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  • very good
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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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London, United Kingdom
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red paper covered boards with a gilt decorated black cloth spine; illustrated colour title page; black & white plates. Very slight shelf wear, small gift inscription ffep.
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Ballet.

by Beaton, Cecil

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Wingate, 1951. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Ballet

by Beaton, Cecil

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Very good
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1st
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Hardcover
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth with red cloth boards and spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with many gorgeous black and white photographs taken by the author. Signed by previous owner on front free endpaper. Quarter-inch closed tear to bottom of rear dust jacket cover. A gorgeous book in remarkable, almost flawless condition. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 84 pages.
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Ballet

by Cecil Beaton

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Used - Good+
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Poor
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First
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Hardcover
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Cape Town, South Africa
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DW. Solid book, quite beaten dw. Not price clipped.
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Ballet

by Cecil Beaton

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Used - Good+
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Fair
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Hardcover
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Gunnislake, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Wingate, 1951. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Almost in very good condition, some foxing to fore-edge and page edges, binding sound; clipped wrapper is foxed and worn with slight loss to corners and 4cm split to top of spine..
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BALLET

BALLET

by BEATON, CECIL

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First Edition
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Clean and well bound. No inscriptions annotations or marks. Dust jacket has been repaired at the top of the spine and along the lower front edge. Colour drawing as frontis. Illustrated throughout with b&w line drawings, caricatures and photo plates. Spine is sun faded.
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