Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London UK, 1995
ISBN 10: 0340640324 ISBN 13: 9780340640326
Seller: Mom and Pop's Book Shop,, Wakefield, RI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. illustrated (illustrator). Clean tight strong bright jacket boards text. No remainder or other markings. A careful reading or two.
Published by Sceptre, 1995
Seller: Antiquariat Wortschatz, Markt Hartmannsdorf, Austria
Softcover/Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. einige Abb. (illustrator). kA. Auflage. Anzahl Bände: 1 - Bd.Nr.: kA - Sprache: en - Einband: Paperback - Gewicht: 326 - Illust.: einige Abb. - Zustand: Gut - berieben, Umschlag bestoßen.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0340640324 ISBN 13: 9780340640326
Seller: Goldring Books, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine price clipped dustjacket. xiv + 370 pages. 51 illustrations. Alicia Markova is a dancing legend. Her story is a dream come true, but not one realised without much hardship, dedication and sacrifice - as this first major biography reveals. Born Lilian Alicia Marks in London in 1910, she started her career at the age of ten in Dick Whittington in Kennington. Artistically it was about as far removed fro the worlds great opera houses as you can get. Such was her genius, however, that despite her lack of experience in ballet, she was snapped up aged 14 by the world-famous impresario Serge Diaghileff for his acclaimed Ballet Russe. It was the beginning of an exciting, though often lonely, period. Markova, as she now was, danced all over Europe, introducing new works by Balanchine and Massine. Stravinsky was her music teacher and Matisse her designer. Nurtured and groomed by Diaghileff, she was plunged into despair by his death when she was still 18. With no British ballet company to return to, she earned her living dancing in a cinema between films. Then with the young Frederick Ashton, she introduced a whole new concept of dance in London. Later, when Ninette de Valois started the Vic-Wells Ballet, Alicia became her prima ballerina, nightly filling Sadler's Wells theatre to capacity. Written with Markova's full cooperation, this is the enthralling story of a woman with a mission, whose whole life has been devoted to what she symbolises - the perfection of her art. It is also the story of British Ballet. Before Markova it simply did not exist. L Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Sceptre Books, London, 1996
ISBN 10: 0340654570 ISBN 13: 9780340654576
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Signed
Paperback. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Very good paperback copy. Also included with this book is a card invitation from The Friends of Covent Garden for a Luncheon in honour of The Royal Ballet in their 50th Anniversary Year in the Presence of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Thursdat, 4th June, 1981. The card is signed by DAME EVA TURNER, DAME ANTOINETTE SIBLEY, WAYNE EAGLING (principal dancer Royal Ballet), MICHAEL SOAMES, DAVID WALL (principal dancer Royal Ballet), SIR FREDERICK ASHTON, DAME MONICA MASON (Director Royal Ballet), DAME ALICIA MARKOVA. DAME NINETTE de VALOIS & DAME MERLE PARK. Also included is a programme "Dame Eva Turner. A Celebration of her Ninetieth Birthday"Sunday, 14th March 1982. 16pp, numerous photos. Also included is a programme for "Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Dame Eva Turner, DBE (1892-1990)" Westminster Abbey, Tuesday 5 February 1991. Also included is a letter from The Chapter Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey acknowledging application for two tickets to the service and including the aforesaid two tickets. All in very good condition. Signed by Author(s).