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Collette, Mary and Fred. ADVANCING IN DANCING A DIGEST OF DISTINCTIVE FOLK (INCLUDING SQUARE) DANCES
Atlanta n.d (c. 1950). Dixie Fold and Square Dance Institute. Detailed dance step instruction. 4to., 84 leaves (reproduced typescript on rectos only), paper cover. Owner signature on title. Good, edges a bit worn. (a16577)
$35.00Stirling, M. W;. SNAKE BITES AND THE HOPI INDIAN SNAKE DANCE
Washington 1942 Smithsonian Report. Octavo, pp. 551-555, 1 plate, wraps. VG. (a20055)
$23.00Anthony, 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 (folk music) . THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF FOLK MUSIC AND AND DANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; TECHNIQUES IN THE STUDY OF FOLK MUSIC; PERFORMING STYLES IN FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE
Cambridge 1968. In the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Volume XX, 1968 at pp. 9-72. 14 short articles in this Journal, plus other sections. 8vo., 117pp., ads, wraps. VG Plus. (a32411)
$25.00 (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 Pugh, Grace Thompson . MEXICAN FOLK DANCES
NY 1944. Workshop in Inter-American Education. Octavo, 33pp., wraps. Owner signed on front. VG.Articles on Historical Background of Mexican Folk Dances and details about the dances of specific states and peoples in Mexico. Near Fine. (a33927)
$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 Beaumont, Cyril . FOUR GISELLES
London 1951. An article in Ballet magazine, (5pp., photo illustrations). Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, wraps. Good, light wear. (a37667)
$20.00 Mottl, Felix (editor) . GLUCK BALLET SUITE I: INTRODUCTION (DON JUAN); AIR GAI (IPHIGENIE IN AULIS); LENTO (IPHIGENIE IN AULIS); AIR GAI WIEDERHOLT; REIGEN SELIGER GEISTER (ORPHEUS); MUSETTE (ARMIDE); SICILIENNE (ARMIDE)
n.p. n.d (c. 1900?) . A collection of music edited by Felix Mottl (1856-1911), Austrian conductor and composer. Mottl was known for editing various works by other composers (See Grove's). There is no title page, but there are (i) titles to the various musical sections, (ii) the statement on the first page that these works were edited (beararbeitet) by Felix Mottl, and (iii) a pen notation on the front: Gluck-Mottl Ballet Suite 1I. Lg.4to., 43pp., spiral bound in plain wraps. VG. (a39221)
$75.00 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)
$35.00Petit, Roland. BALLETS DE PARIS THEATRE MARIGNY 1950
Paris 1950.first edition. In French. 4to., about 20pp., photo illustrations, advertisements. Wraps. Bound with heavy silk cord. Good plus, light wear, no ownership marks. Program for "Les demoiselles de la Nuit" by Anouilh and "Musical Chairs" by Auric laid in. (a47622)
$35.00Fernandez, Joaquin Perez . BALLETS DE L'AMERIQUE LATINE 1951
Paris 1951. first edition. In French. wraps 4to., about 35pp., photo illustrations, advertisements.Bound with heavy silk cord. Laid in: 4 page program. Good plus, light wear, no ownership marks. (a47623)
$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)
$49.00Korkson, Rae. FOLK MUSIC A CATALOG OF FOLK SONGS, BALLADS, DANCES, INSTRUMENTAL PIECES AND FOLK TALES OF THE US AND LATIN AMERICAN ON PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
1964 Library of Congress 8vo., 107pp., wraps. Good, some stains on front. (a50089)
$23.00 (dance) . ADAVU BHARATHNATYAM BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Madras no date (c. 1960) Educational Enterprises. Oblong 8vo., about 20pp., monotone line drawings of dance positions with very brief text, wraps covered with stiff transparent plastic (as issued.) VG. (a51064)
$40.00 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)
$90.00 Zorn, 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., decoarted 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)
$35.00 Dyce, Rev. Alexander (introduction) . KEMPS NINE DAIES WONDER PERFORMED IN A DAUNCE FROM LONDON TO NORWICH
1968. AMS reprint of original London 1840 edition printed for the Camden Society. William Kemp was a comic actor and a clown who in 1599 danced the distance from London to Norwich. 8vo., 35pp., hardcover. Fine. (a57926)
$46.00 Morita, Genevieve . UN COUP D'OEIL SUR LA MUSIQUE ET LA DANSE TRADITIONNELLES AU JAPON
Japan 1936. Much on Geishas. In French. Sm.4to., color and monochrome illustrations, accordian fold, Japanese style book bound with wide orange silk ties. Printed slip tipped-in apologizing for the printer who knew no French. VG, light soiling and wear on cover. (a60818)
$95.00 Devere, John . NUREYEV IN PARIS LE JEUNE HOMME A LA MORT
NY 1975 Modernismo. 4to., 80pp., photo illustrations, original wraps in slipcase. VG in VG slipcase, very slight wear. (a63676)
$25.00 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 Karlson, Gustaf . SVENSKA FOLKDANSER OCH SALLSKAPSDANSER
Stockholm 1944 Herman Anderson. In Swedish. 4to. , 210pp., photo illustrations, charts of dance movements and musical scores for dance piece, errata sheet laid in, wraps. Good plus, small corner chipped from front wrap, uneven fading of cover, light wear on cover. (a6646)
$45.00 Shead, Richard . MUSIC IN THE 1920s. ISBN 0-312-55482-6.
NY 1976 1st St. Martins. ISBN 0-312-55482-6. Chapters on: Ballet, Satie, Stravinsky, Kurt Weill, etc. Small octavo, 148pp., hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ, light wear, (a66554)
$22.00 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)
$85.00Schwendener, Norma and Averil Tibbels. LEGENDS & DANCES OF OLD MEXICO
NY 1934 1st Barnes. Hardcover. Octavo, 111pp., illustrations cloth. Owner bookplate. VG plus, no DJ. (a71888)
$29.00 (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 Hrebic, Rev. Alban OSB; Rev. Mathias Kucerd . A LIGHT FOR THE DARKNESS, A BALLETORIO FOR ORCHESTRA, CHORUS SOLOISTS AND BALLET
Copyright 1961 by St. Procopius College, Lille, Illinois. Music by Rev. Alban Hrebic, OSB. Lyrics adapted from the Bible by Rev. Mathias Kucerd OSB. Part 1: The Darkness; Part 2: The Light; Part 3: Crucifixion and Resurrection. Lg.4to., 289 leaves (rexograph of manuscript music score, wraps with plastic spiral binding. Near VG, few teeth on spiral binding chipped, light cover wear. Text is Fine. Very Scarce. (a78801)
$500.00 (ballet) . BALLET OPERA THEATRE MUSIC-HALL PROJECTS DE COSTUMES ET DE DECORS
Samedi 1976. Sotheby Auction Catalogue. In French. Sm.4to., items 701-891, monochrome and color illustrations, stiff wraps with color illustration. Estimates and Bidding Slips laid in. VG (a79302)
$24.00 (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 (ballet) . AULA MAGNA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA BALLET PASCUITA BASAL
Caracas 1968. Ballet performance program. Large 4to., monochrome photo illustrations, many pictures of the ballet dancers and quite a few pages of advertisements, original wraps. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a80065)
$48.00 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 Gilpin, Pete and George Stephens . BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD "MINSTREL OF THE APPALACHIANS" HIS BALLADS & HIS FOLK SONGS, HIS MOUNTAIN SQUARE DANCING
Asheville 1966 1st Stephens Press. Some songs with lyrics and score. Octavo, 64pp., photo illustrations, pictorial wraps. Near Fine. (a80991)
$44.00Shaw, Lloyd. COWBOY DANCES A COLLECTION OF WESTERN SQUARE DANCES
Caldwell 1945 7th Caxton. Foreword by Sherwood Anderson. 8vo., 411pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Includes appendix: Cowboy Dance Tunes arranged by Frederick Knorr. Good, shaken, spine darkened, worn, no DJ. (a8281)
$23.00Bergquist, Nils W.. SWEDISH FOLK DANCES
London n.d. (2nd ed) George Philip. 4to., 53pp., photo illustrations, boards. Good, one inch of lower front board has cloth worn off (on edge only), corners bumped. (a9535)
$23.00 Chujoy, Anatole . THE DANCE ENCYCLOPEDIA
NY 1949. Sm.4to., 546pp., printed cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (k1117)
$35.00