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Maganini, Quinto . AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN - A DANCE SCENE FROM THE ARGONAUTS
New York 1940 copyright. first or early edition (stamped "For Review") . Edition Musicus. 25p. Conductor's score for this 8-1/2 minute dance with comes at the end of the first opera.- scene is at foot of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. A Mexicn girl endeavors to attract attention of young American boy. Near Fine, unusued. clean. no marks. (a100855)
$49.00Copeland, George (edited and performed by ). DANSES DU XVIe SIECLE
Boston copyright 1932 appears to be first edition. Riker Brown & Wellington. 4to wraps. 5 dances: Enree vive Henri IV, Gaillarde, Rassepied de Bretagne, La Volte , Sortie. Piano score. Near Fine, light toning on cover; no owner marks. (a101333)
$29.00Fine, Elizabeth C. STEPPING, SALUTING, CRACKING AND FREAKING: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STEP SHOWS - article in one issue of TDR - T130 Summer 1991
Cambridge, Mass.1991 first edition. MIT. sm4to wraps. PHoto illus. Fine article pp. 39-59. other articles in issue as well. VG light cover rubbing. owner name stamp inside front cover (Martin Dworkin.) (a101813)
$35.00Kermode, Frank. POET AND DANCER BEFORE DIAGHILEV (LOIE FULLER)
1961. Article at pp. 48-75, full page photo illustration of Fuller dancing, in a single issue of Partisan Review for Jan/Feb 1961. Included in a complete issue of this journal with additional articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Fine, no owner marks. (a101871b)
$35.00. DIAGHILEV/CUNNINGHAM APRIL 16 - MAY 26, 1974
Hempstead, NY. 1974 first edition. Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra. 4to wraps. Exhibition catalogue of about 30 p. with text and many bw photo illus. Dance. Near Fine, no faults, no owner marks. (a102252)
$27.00( Browne, Leslie ). DANCEMAGAZINE ( DANCE MAGAZINE ) - ISSUE for October 1977
NY 1977 first edition. 4to wraps. Lovely picture of ballerina Leslie Browne on cover. 122p. VG. no owner marks. no tears, no chips. (a104550)
$35.00( Anna Pavlova ). DANCEMAGAZINE ( DANCE MAGAZINE ) - ISSUE for January 1976 - SPECIAL ISSUE : ANNA PAVLOVA ASPECTS OF A LEGEND
NY 1976 first edition. 4to wraps. 114p. Near Fine, no wear, no owner marks. no tears, no chips. (a104551)
$35.00( Alicia Alonso; Robert Cohan ). DANCEMAGAZINE ( DANCE MAGAZINE ) - ISSUE for July 1964
NY 1964 first edition. 4to wraps. Photo of dancer Robert Cohan on cover. 74p. Article on "Alicia Alonso in Cuba Today." VG plus, sonme toning, no wear, no owner marks. no tears, no chips. (a104552)
$35.00. DANCEMAGAZINE ( DANCE MAGAZINE ) - ISSUE for September 1957
NY 1957 first edition. 4to wraps. 98p. Feeatures: England's Royal Ballet at the Met; 14 pages on Picasso and dance. VG, no tears, no chips. (a104553)
$35.00Skulsky, Abraham . THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM BERGSMA - Article in one complete issue of JUILLIARD REVIEW, Spring 1956
NY 1956 first edition. Juilliard. sm4to wraps. Skulsky article pp. 12-26 with fullpage photo portrait of Bergsma. Other articles in issue as well. Good plus, light cover wear. ***Signed on cover by dancer and choreographer Bessie Schoenberg. Laid in is a handwritten letter to Bessie about choreography signed by "Pat. Cat." (a104960a)
$39.00Humphrey, Doris; Bessie Schoenberg (association). ADVICE TO YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS - Article in one complete issue of JUILLIARD REVIEW, Spring 1956
NY 1956 first edition. Juilliard. sm4to wraps. Humphrey article pp. 33-36 with fullpage photo portrait of Bergsma. Other articles in issue as well. Good plus, light cover wear. ***Signed on cover by dancer and choreographer Bessie Schoenberg. Laid in is a handwritten letter to Bessie about teaching of choreography signed by "Pat. Cat." (a104960b)
$39.00Hanna, Judith Lynne. CORD COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH IN DANCE - MEMBERSHIP BIOGRAPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DIRECTORY
NY 1974 first edition. New York University. sm octavo yellow wraps. 62p. VG. (a105530)
$35.00Laban, Juana de. INSTITUTE OF COURT DANCES OF THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS
NY 1972 first edition. CORD Committee on Research in Dance. Dance Notation Bureau. yellow sm octavo wraps. Conference held in Ely, Vermont and South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1970 and 1971. 83p. some text drawings. VG no owner marks. (a105537)
$45.00Anthony, Gordon. ALICIA MARKOVA
London no date (c. 1950) Phoenix. Ballerina. Octavo, photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a24994)
$23.00Rood, Arnold. AFTER THE PRACTISE AND THEORY GORDON CRAIG AND MOVEMENT
London 1971. Offprint from Theatre Research, Vol XI, Nos. 2,3. Limited to 50 copies. The text of the annual lecture in memory of Edward Gordon Craig, Venice, September 12, 1970. 8vo., 21pp., illustrations, wraps. Fine. (a27987)
$22.00Saint-Marcoux. THE GREEN SLIPPERS
London 1959 Bodley Head. Translated and adapted from the French by Judy Taylor. Ballert fiction. Sm.8vo., 176pp., wraps. Bookseller name stamp on cover. Good, slight wear and soiling. (a28320)
$23.00 (dance) . BOOKS & SCORES FROM THE DANCE NOTATION BUREAU
NY n.d. (c.1970). 8vo., 74p., wraps. Owner notes inside rear wrap, check marks next to a few book entries. VG, light soiling, (a33919)
$20.00 (dance) . CATALOG OF DANCES RECORDED IN LEBANOTATION
NY (?) 1973. 8vo., unpaginated (about 100pp.), illustrated, wraps. Includes inserts of scores completed in 1974 and 1975. VG. (a33921)
$25.00 Hillas, Marjorie and Marian Knighton . ATHLETIC DANCES AND SIMPLES CLOGS
NY 1929 Fourth Printing. 4to., 54pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover a bit worn, old stain at top corner of front. (a37277)
$25.00(port jervis). BROADSIDE: " BLOCK DANCE TO BENEFIT PORT JERVIS ENGINE CO. NO. 4 TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1927 "
Port Jervis , New York. 1927. Broadside . Printed in bold black letters, recto only. 14 inches by 11 inches. Picture available on request. VG, light stain near left margin. (a37488)
$39.00 Oliva, Achille Bonito and Maria Nadotti . TECNICAMENTE DOLCI
Rome 1988. Coreografia e regia by Enzo Cosimi, scenografia by Giorgio Cattani. In Italian. 12mo., 13 leaves (on rectos only), illustrations, wraps. VG. (a39412)
$35.00 Miroglio, Francis . SEMAINES MUSICALES INTERNATIONALES D'ORLEANS
France 1982. Merce Cunningham Dance, etc. In French. Sm.4to., about 30pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a45791)
$35.00 (dance) . THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM AND VIDEOTAPE FESTIVAL CATALOGUE
NY 1981 Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. 4to., about 200 leaves (rectos only), wraps. Good, faint crease on front cover., light wear. No ownership marks. (a48975)
$49.00 Strate, Walter . HIGHLIGHTS FROM A DECADE OF DANCE IN NEW YORK
1956 1st Kamin. Introduction by John Martin. 4to., 70pp., photo illustrations, black cloth. VG, no DJ. (a51868)
$39.00 Murray, Arthur . THE MODERN DANCES
NY 1925. 4to., 63pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a51899)
$65.00 Murray, Arthur . THE MODERN DANCES (ADVANCED COURSE ) PARTS II AND III
NY 1923. 4to., 63pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Sewn inside covers: instructions for the Murray Waltz Fox Trot and The Tango. A few ink notes at various places. Good, somewhat worn, some marginal stains. (a51900)
$90.00Zorn, Friedrich Albert. GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. LESSONS IN THE ARTS OF DANCING AND DANCE WRITING (CHOREGRAPHY)
Boston 1905 1st. Heintzmann.Translated from the German. Edited by Alfoso Josephs Shefe. 4to., 302pp., decorated hardcover. Good, front blank end paper gone, cover faded and somewhat worn, some light staining on backstrip and a bit onto rear cover. (a52182)
$95.00 (dance) . THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PRESENTS: AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE
Albany 1968. 4to., 103pp., wraps. Name written on front. Good, small pen mark and some soilign on front. (a52612)
$25.00 Zabka, Norma B. . THE BALANCE BEAM
NY n.d. (c.1960) Hunter College. 4to., 10pp., wraps. Owner name written on front. VG, lower corner bumped. (a52613)
$25.00 Horst, Louis . PRE-CLASSIC DANCE FORMS
NY 1936 The Dance Observer. 8vo., 170pp., illustrations, printed hardcover. Good , inner hinges cracked, cover a bit soiled, no DJ, (a53369)
$23.00 Murray, Arthur . HOW TO BECOME A GOOD DANCER
NY 1938 first edition Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. 4to., 212pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. The 2 paper cutout outlines of three feet (for learning step placement) are laid in. Near Fine, no DJ. (a53407)
$38.00 (dance music) . THE GEM DANCE FOLIO FOR 1910
NY 1910 Shapiro. Music (no lyrics). 4to., 70pp., original illustrated wraps. Numewrous photo illustrations on front of composers. Good, wraps chipped and soiled, a few interior leaves stained in margins. (a53562)
$50.00 Matida, Kasyo . ODORI ( JAPANESE DANCE) JAPAN TOURIST LIBRARY: 22
Tokyo 1938. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 70pp., illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG. (a56396)
$35.00Gupta, Samarendranath. LES MAINS DANS LES FRESQUES D'AJANTA
Paris 1921. In French. Traduction d'Andre� Karpel�s. 12mo., 34pp., illustrations, original decorated wraps. Owner signed on the half title. VG , light wear. Traditional Hindu dance instructions on how to move hands and feet. (a61638)
$29.00 MacLachlan, T. Robin . HAVANA A TANGO PIANO SOLO
1940 Schoeder & Gunther. Sheet music. 4. 4pp., original pictorial wraps. VG. (a64604)
$25.00(dance). ARABESQUE , JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE AND CULTURE - 8 ISSUES 1977-1978
NY 1977-1978. 8 issues of the bi-imonthly journal Middle Eastern Dance. Volume III Nos. IV, V; Volume IV Nos. I-VI. 4to., illustrations, pictorial wraps. Address label on rear cover of each issue. Near Fine. 8 issues. (a66380)
$89.00 Rochowanski, L. W. . DER TANZENDE SCHWERPUNKT
Zurich 1923 1st (1st issue) Amalthea Verlag. Art, drawings, photos and paintings about modern dance. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 31pp., 47 monochrome photo plates, 3 color drawings, original paper covered boards. Museum bookplate on rear endpaper. Good, light wear overall. (a67984)
$145.00 Orthwine, Rudolf (publisher) . DANCE MAGAZINE - COLLECTION OF 8 ISSUES 1956 TO 1969
1956-1969. 8 separate issues: August 1956, September 1956; July 1965, May 1966, March 1969, June 1969, August 1969, September 1969. Articles on Joffrey Ballet, Lapzeson Cohan in Eclips London Contemporary Dance , Bolshoi and Plisetskaya, Gilpin Vasiliev and Curtis, Royal Danish Ballet, Backstage at Radio City Music Hall, Conversation with Toni Lander and Bruce Marks, Isadora Duncan. 4to., illustrations, original wraps. VG to VG Plus. 8 issues. (a69538)
$85.00 (dance) . DANCE CARD 1903
Stamped copyright Harrison Fish1903. 4-1/2 x 2-1/2, stiff paper stock with full color reproduction of a dramatic-looking women in floor-length black wasp-waist evening gown (sort of looks like a painting by Sargent) holding a fan. Silk stringbound. Two pages inside printed with Waltz, Two-Step, etc but no entries written in the corresponding places. Good plus, light wear and slight soiling. (a76685)
$33.00Birchard, C. C.. TWICE 55 GAMES WITH MUSIC THE RED BOOK PASTIMES HERE AND PLEASANT GAMES
Copyright 1924. Lyrics music to 110 songs with accompanying dance fore each. Octavo,original wraps. Fine. (a78752)
$29.00 (dance) . BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO DANCE 1989 FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENT DICTIONARY CATALOGUE OR THE DANCE COLLECTION 2 VOLUME SET A-Z
Boston 1990 1st G. K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-7127-0. 2 volumes. Hardcover. 4tos, 861p. 849p., bright red cloth. Near Fine, light soiing on fore-edges. Two volumes, complete. (a80008)
$130.00 Eichberg, Henning . LEISTUNG, SPANNUNG, GESCHWINDIGKEIT SPORT UND TANX IM GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN WANDEL DES 18./19. JAHRHUNDERTS
Stuttgart 1978 1st Klett-Cotta. In German. Hardcover. Large octavo, 353pp., yellow cover. VG, no DJ. (a80679)
$82.00 Vuillier, Gaston . A HISTORY OF DANCING FRO THE EARLIEST AGES TO OUR OWN TIMES
Milford House 1972 reprint of original 1898 edition. With a sketch of dancing in England by Joseph Grego. Hardcover 4to., illustrated with 20 full page plates and 409 text illustrations, red buckram. Ex-university library. VG. (a80931)
$41.00 Feild, Alix . SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED A BALLET DANCE FOR CHILDREN
Chicago 1937 (copyright) Gamble. Piano score with lyrics. 4to ., 5pp., original wraps. Signed on cover by "His Friend the composer! Alejo Aleja". VG. (a81520)
$45.00 Yupho, Dhanit . THE KHON AND LAKON DANCE DRAMAS
Bangkok 1963 first edition Department of Fine Arts. Hardcover. Octavo, 260p with many monochrome photo illustrations of the dances and their costumes with color photo frontis. VG plus in Good DJ, closed inch tear along edge fold. (a87732)
$75.00 Duncan, Raymond . ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED JULY 18th, 1956
Letter is written to "Dear James" (James Pond) covers all of one side of piece of paper 10-1/2 x 8 inches. Printed letterhead "Akademia Raymond Duncan, Rue de Seine, Paris." Raymond, the brother of Isadora Duncan, lived 1874-1966, founded his "Akademie" in Paris to teach dance, arts and crafts with the goal of creating a complete and satisfying life style. The letter mentions, among other things, that the Akademie was in process of installing a museum on the second and third floors of the building . Letter is signed "Raymond". VG , paper is slightly toned. One horizontal fold in middle of letter. Ephemera. (a92120)
$75.00 Canby, Henry Seidel . ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1928 SIGNED BY CANBY
Letter, 8-1/2 x 5 inches, on recto only, is written to James B Pond to decline Pond's proposal of a lecture tour. Typed letter signed by Canby. Printed letterhead of The Saturday Review Literature. Canby was Editor of the Saturday Review at the time. VG plus, one horizontal fold line. Ephemera. (a92121)
$35.00 Fewkes, J. Walter . A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE AT WALPI
Extract from Proceedings of Washington Academy of Sciences, vol II pp. 605-629 with 3 fullpage plates. December 28, 1900. first edition. sm4to. Later wraps. Near Fine, no ownership marks. Walpi was Hopi village begun sometime around beginning of tenth century. (a92181)
$32.00Eames, Marian. DANCE IN SCULPTURE - DANCE INDEX FOR APRIL 1947
New York 1947 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. 22p. Fully bw photo illustrated. Many pictures of dancing in early cultures. VG. (a92507)
$29.00Moore, Lillian. MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY AND DANSE - DANCE INDEX FOR OCTOBER 1946
New York 1946 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. pp. 231-259. Fully bw photo illustrated. VG. small owner signature on cover. (a92508)
$35.00Kirstein, Lincoln. ELIE NADELMAN: SCULPTOR OF THE DANCE - DANCE INDEX volume vii number 6, 1948
New York 1948 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. pp. 131-151. Fully bw photo illustrated. Good. small owner signature on cover and small snag on rear cover panel. (a92509)
$27.00Michel, Artur. BALLET D'ACTION BEFORE NOVERRE - DANCE INDEX APRIL 1947
New York 1947 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. pp. 51-71. Fully bw photo illustrated. VG no ownership marks. (a92510)
$29.00Lieberman, William S. PICASSO AND THE BALLET - DANCE INDEX FOR NOV-DEC 1946
New York 1946 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. pp. 263-307. Fully bw photo illustrated. VG no ownership marks. (a92511)
$35.00 Chujoy, Anatole . RUSSIAN BALLETOMANIA - DANCE INDEX VOL VII NO 3 MARCH 1948
New York 1948 first edition Dance Index. sm4to wraps. pp. 43-71. Fully bw photo illustrated. VG no ownership marks. (a92514)
$35.00Bujones, Fernando. FERNANDO BUJONES
Rio de Janeiro. 1984 first edition. Imprinta Grafica. 4to. hardcover. 183p. fully illustrated with photo illus. Fine in verynear Fine dj. (just slightest amound of edge wear on dj.) (a95175)
$29.00Duncan, Raymond. THEOKRITOS LA PASTORALE A PARIS
Paris 1919 first edition. Editions Raymond Duncan. Illustrated with line drawings. Octavo wraps. Text is uncut. About 25 pages. Evenly toned o/w VG. Scarce. Author was dancer, poet, craftsman and brother of dancer Isadora Duncan. (a97065)
$75.00Duncan, Raymond. OIDIPOUS - TRAGEDIE EN CINQ ACTES
Paris 1927 first edition. About 50 pages. Slightly toned. Octavo wraps. Presente la Premiere fois au Theatre Femina a Paris le 6 Avril 1927. Scarce. Author was dancer, poet, craftsman and brother of dancer Isadora Duncan. Near Fine, almost no wear at all (no tears, no chips, no owner marks. ). Limited edition. Copy #433. Unsigned . (a97066)
$89.00Swane, Leo. J. RUMPS SAMLING AF MODERNE FRANSK KUNST I KUNSTMUSEET; MATERISAMLINGENS ERHVERVELSER F AELDRE KUNST; DE DANSKE SAMLINGERS VAEKST (signed) - 3 articles in one complete issue of KUNSTMUSEETS AARSSKRIFT 1929-31
Kobenhavn 1931 first edition. Gyldendalske. In Danish. 4to. wraps, 271 pages in issue. Swane articles pp. 61-79; 110-126; 223-238. **Signed by Swane. illustrations. Good ,cover somewhat worn, backstrip reinforced; light wear. no owner marks. (a98407)
$75.00 Chujoy, Anatole . THE DANCE ENCYCLOPEDIA
NY 1949. Sm.4to., 546pp., printed cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (k1117)
$35.00