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BALLET AND DANCE

Balanchine. Choreography By George Balanchine. New York: Eakins, 1983. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Fine First Edition (one of 2000 copies) in original mylar and slipcase. 407p. index. Laid in is funeral service of George Balanchine at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1983 and a four page booklet of photographs of his history. "This book is an extraordinary work, so elegantly produced that it is truly worthy of its subject. No one who loves the ballet should be without it."--Mikhail Baryshnikov. "...the dedicated research and careful detailing of dates, companies, casts and collaborative artists of every one of his works for ballet, film, musical comedy, opera and television."--Jerome Robbins.

 [013800]                 $175

Twysden, A.E.  Alexandra Danilova (Signed on Title Page By Alexandra Danilova). New York: Kamin Dance Publishers, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. A Good Copy 48 photographs mostly of Danilova. 175p. Appendices Danilova and the Critics. Index. Also laid in Chicago Stagebill October 30, 1948. Signed on front Ruthanna Boris, Patricia Wilde, Moussia Larkina, Frank Habi, Patricia Wilde, and Leon Danielian and Chicago Stagebill for October 8, 1944. Some beginning edgewear but original blue cloth cover with gilt on front cover and faded spine.

 [013265]                 $350
 

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