Janet Leeper (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No rips, marks, or folds to aged pages; black and white and a few color images in back half. Sturdy worn cover, off-color in places. Tape over spine splitting at hinges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. a clean, strong copy of a delicate book, light wear to the corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. King Penguin Loss of spine. 16pp colour plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover in good condition. 31 pages. Some wear/ lifting to spine.

Condition: Good. Black paper over boards, rubbed, cover a bit bent, damp-stain to inside corner of pages. Prints. Art.

Condition: Good. 1945. 2nd Edition, Revised. 35 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Colour illustrated plates to rear of book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 40 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial paper covered boards. Colour and black and white plates. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Decorated boards, 12mo., 47, (1) pages, 40 color, duotone and monochrome plates. Edgewear, spine neatly repaired with clear tape, else a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. Presumed First Edition. 31 pages + 16 lovely colour plates printed back to back. Covering of spine is missing so down to webbing of spine, wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges slightly browned but pages are otherwise clean and tidy.

Condition: Good. 1948. First edition thus. 40 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Ex libris embossed stamp at front. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (dancing, dance, ballet, art) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Edward Gordon Craig Designs for the Theatre [King Penguin K40] Very good condition.; 18.00 x 13.00 x 3.00.

Second Edition, rev. Fair copy in decorative boards, slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Spine torn. Series; King Penguin books. Physical description; 35 p., 16 plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Ballet Great Britain. Dance. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. This unusual association copy seems to have been used as a Christmas Greeting by the Odets (Clifford and Bette). On the free front endpaper a watercolor greeting to the American composer David Diamond identifies it as a Christmas 1950 greeting. Very good condition, blue buckram, some edge rubbing and shelf wear, no dj.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Wear to the extremities and rubbing along the spine. The lower end of the spine is beginning to split, but the binding is still square and tight. Forty-eight pages followed by a section of 40 plates. Chronology and Notes on the Plates included.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1948. First edition. King Penguin Books No. 40. Small-format hardcover in original dark-blue pictorial boards, featuring a theatrical mask surrounded by stars. Cover design by William Grimin after Edward Gordon Craig. No dust jacket, as issued. *Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre* by Janet Leeper. An illustrated study of Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), the influential British actor, theatrical designer and pioneer of modern stage design. Craig's innovative approach to scenery, lighting, movement and theatrical space helped reshape ideas about stage production in the twentieth century. Published as part of the collectable King Penguin Books series, edited by N. B. L. Pevsner, this volume contains 48 pages of text followed by 40 plates illustrating Craig's theatrical designs, including colour and monochrome reproductions. **Condition: Good (provisional).** Original pictorial boards retain their attractive dark-blue and cream design, with noticeable rubbing, scuffing and wear to the edges and corners. Light surface marks and general handling wear. Interior pages photographed are generally clean, with mild age-related toning and occasional small spots. No major tears visible in the photographed pages. Spine, rear cover and completeness of the illustrated plates have not yet been verified. Please see photographs. An appealing vintage edition for collectors of King Penguin Books, theatre history, theatrical design, stage scenery and twentieth-century British art.…

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 48pp text, 40 plates, owner's inscrition on endpaper, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, printed board covers, slightly rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Second Edition, rev. Fair copy in decorative boards, slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Spine torn. Series; King Penguin books. Physical description; 35 p., 16 plates : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Ballet Great Britain. Dance. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. English Ballet' ~ by Janet Leeper; KP 20, 1945; much of the spine has been snagged but has been stuck back on, front cover a bit marked, few marks otherwise a good working copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean and bright text. Complete with 40 colour plates. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition.

Condition: Good. First Penguin Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Wear and splitting to upper edge of spine. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 48pp + plates. 40 plates. Illustrated hardback paper covered boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Illustrated with 40 color & monochrome plates. Condition: spine ends & hinges rubbed; inked gift inscription on 1st free endpaper; name & address of previous owner rubberstamped on 1st pastedown; else very good. Pages: 48 text & 40 plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. King Penguin No 40. 48pps text and 40 colour, sepia, b/w etc illustrations. Boards rubbed slightly at both ends of spine, and edges, contents clean and firm, but slightly stiff. Some wrinkles to paper inside rear cover. No insc. Text block slightly warped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Light wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Second Edition. 12mo. original pictorial boards (slightly rubbed and nicked, tail cap chipped with some loss, inscrip. to FFE); pp. 32, with 16 plates. A good copy.

Condition: Good. 12mo. 40 pp., Decorative Boards, Very Good with minor wear to corners, one page dog-eared. Previous owner's signature penciled inside cover (P. Rodyk). Illustrations, some color. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Second Edition. 12mo. original pictorial boards (slightly rubbed and bumped, else clean & unworn); pp. 32, with 16 plates. A very good copy.

. . . 1 Vol. . 34 pp. + 15 pp. Cuarto Menor. Cartoné. . Algunas manchas en la encuadernación, resto en buen estado.

Condition: Poor. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Small 8vo. 7¼'' x 5''. Contains 48 pp followed by 40 full-page colour and monochrome plates. In Poor condition, 20 mm missing to the top of the spine, 15 mm piece of paper missing to the lower front gutter, private library plate to the front paste down, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. KING PENGUIN (Series).…