Balletomania The Story of an Obsession
by Arnold L Haskell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
No inscriptions. In rare original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (published price 18/- net). The dustwrapper has edge wear/tears/minor edge loss. 350pp. A Prefatory Note, index of illustrations, introductory by author, appendices and index. Illustrated endpapers showing a ballet scene as seen by the set director. The text is illustrated with both black-and-white photographs and black-and-white illustrations, along with black-and-white sketches and caricatures. In this book, the author a well-known ballet aficionado, not only gives a small personal biography of himself but of the young and up and coming ballet stars of the 1920s and 1930s.
International postage (outside the UK) is likely to be higher than that initially quoted by Biblio due to the size/weight of this book.
International postage (outside the UK) is likely to be higher than that initially quoted by Biblio due to the size/weight of this book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37
- Title
- Balletomania The Story of an Obsession
- Author
- Arnold L Haskell
- Illustrator
- Larionov and Gontcharova
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; Ballet; Dance
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
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About the Seller
Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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