Ballet by Haskell Arnold, Signed (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 121pp, b/w illustrations by M Doboujinsky, index, SIGNED by the author ( to a Mrs Oswald Birley ), cloth a little marked & occasional foxing. An introductory guide to the world of Ballet. Arnold Haskell [ 1903 - 1980 ] British dance critic who founded the Camargo Society in 1930. 400 grams.

Condition: Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 88 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Yellow cloth covered boards. Black and white photos. Signed by the author with dedication to front free end paper. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. color frontis, photos (b & w), index, 224p. Dull red cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket heavily chipped along top. INSCRIBED on title-page by Haskell to "Nila" (Amparo).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Burgundy boards are lightly rubbed at corners and tail, tip is chipped. Pages faintly tanning in margins, text has no markings, binding is sound. Photographer signed frontispiece page underneath tipped in photo. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. B&w plates (illustrator). First Edition. viii, 96pp [joint exposed inside front cover] ---- Signed on half-title page by: Frederick Ashton, Stanley Holden, Franklin White, Michael Somes, Marina Fraser, Douglas Stuart, and Pamela May [?] ---- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition. SIGNED by the photographer on frontispiece, under an original tipped-in photograph. Book is Very Good +; mild age toning to interior. Jacket is in VG condition, shelf wear to edges, top rear cover edge is chipped. A lush volume of photographs, with an introductory essay and critical notes by Arnold L. Haskell. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 128 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages; Signed by All Authors.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Reliure d'éditeur pleine toile rouge avec ornement doré au premier plat, titre doré au dos - 222 pp. Sans jaquette. Bel état. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleur. Notre exemplaire est truffé de signatures de danseurs, dont Serge Golovine (2x), Marjorie Tallchief et George Skibine. On joint un programme de trois galas par le Corps de ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, à Lausanne 1952 avec une dédicace manuscrite et signée de Serge Lifar et un programme du Grand ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, à Lausanne également. 1951. Signé par l'illustrateur.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Introduction and commentary by Arnold L Haskell and foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell. Signed and inscribed twice by George Wakhevitch, set, production and costume designer born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1907. Red cloth hard cover with gilt titles on spine and gilt dancer on front board, only minor wear, but some loss of colour presumably related to damp. Unclipped dust jacket is included and has roughened edges, several small edge tears and one large tear involving most of the length of the spine. Inscribed "Vive le Ballet London 1945-1983 by George Wakhevitch", and includes drawing of a dancer; 8 colour plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs on most of the 222 pages. Published in 1951 this 3rd impression is in good to very good condition with fair dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original full deep navy morocco binding with gilt title lettering to the spine, both boards with gilt ruled border, top edge gilt. 4to 11¼'' x 9''. Contains 222 printed pages of text with 8 colour plates and a collection of over 270 monochrome images by Baron Sterling Nahum, the official photographer for Sadler's Wells Ballet, London, and court photographer to the British Royal Family. Fox spotting to the end leaves, minor rubbing to the corners and in Very Good condition. Hand written in black ink opposite the half-title page 'This volume is number 18 of an edition limited to 50 copies specially bound for the author' and SIGNED 'Baron'. The Limited Edition of 150 copies is normally available within the trade, however, this specially bound copy rarely comes onto the open market, having been produced solely for family members and close friends of the author. Member of the P.B.F.A. BALLET & BALLERINAS.

One of only 100 copies - not only signed by Anthony, but inscribed by Haskell too --- First edition of this lovely book - this copy from the limited edition of 100 copies (No. 42) signed by Gordon Anthony and inscribed "with all good wishes" by his co-author Arnold Haskell, a British dance critic and later director of the Royal Ballet School. "A record, a souvenir, and an eloquent tribute to the foremost dancers of our day" (Haskell, preface), containing nearly a hundred superb photographic studies of the 1930s ballet luminaries, some in rare roles and poses, including Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Ninette de ValoisAnthony's sister, a former dancer with Ballets Russes and a founder of The Royal Ballet. The plates are arranged by the dancers' companies: the De Basil Ballet, René Blum's company (the inheritors of the Diaghilev Ballet Russes), the Ballet Jooss, and the Vic Wells Ballet, each accompanied by notes on the history of these companies and brief biographies of the dancers portrayed. An attractive, fresh example of this extensive visual record of the Ballets Russes. Provenance: Physical description:Folio (32 x 26.5 cm). 241 pp. incl. half-title and title, with 96 black and white photographs tipped-in. Publisher's red calf spine over ivory buckram boards, spine with gilt lettering and blind-stamped fillets, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, publisher's red cloth slipcase. Condition:A few small scuffs and stains on spine, light staining on boards, slipcase a bit stained, scratched, and worn at edges; minimal soiling on title and bottom base of frontispiece. Bibliography:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. 12 3/4'' X 10 1/2''. 241pp. This edition of '' BALLET'' is limited to ONE HUNDRED SIGNED copies. This is number 43. Half leather over buckram boards. Leather spine is worn, white boards are soiled. A couple of spots to fly-leaf, some toning to pages. A scarce book.