Buckle at the Ballet: Selected Criticism by Buckle, Richard

Hardback. Very Good.

London : Dance Books, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing Large octavo hardback 416 pages illustrated Fine condition in very good price-clipped dust jacket No inscriptions

Dance Books Ltd, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 416 pages illustrated 1980 1st edition. A super fine copy As New no faults

Dance Books Ltd, 2012-01-02. Hardcover. Acceptable. 4.1968 in x 23.3822 in x 15.7880 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

London: Dance Books Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 416 pages. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: For sixteen years, from 1959 to 1975, Richard Buckle's articles in the Sunday Times were the most eagerly awaited and passionately perused ballet criticism in the English-speaking world. Before that he had written for the Observer and for his own magazine Ballet. Although most of the pieces included in this book are from the Sunday Times, a few date from as far back as the mid-1940s: this anthology is therefore the harvest of thirty-five years' ballet going. The qualities which brought Buckle a wide readership beyond the specialist circle of balletomanes were undoubtedly his wit and humour. Most weeks his column could be relied upon for a laugh, for some unexpected… Read More

London England: Dance Books Ltd, 1980. First Edition Hardcover For sixteen years, from 1959 to 1975, Richard Buckle's articles in the Sunday Times were the most eagerly awaited and passionately perused ballet criticism in the English-speaking world. Before that he had written for the Observer and for his own magazine Ballet. Although most of the pieces included in this book are from the Sunday Times, a few date from as far back as the mid-1940s: this anthology is therefore the harvest of thirty-five years' ballet going. The qualities which brought Buckle a wide readership beyond the specialist circle of balletomanes were undoubtedly his wit and humour. Most weeks his column could be relied upon for a laugh, for some unexpected burst of fantasy or for an unexpected comic twist to a shrewd opinion. Yet Buckle himself always counted it a blessing that he was not tied down to writing a humorous article every week; for the enforced jocularity of the professional comedian soon grows wearisome, and… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.