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A Dance Autobiography
by Makarova, Natalia; Smakov, Gennady (editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394501411
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501413
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1979. 366pp, 200+ bw photographs. Or brown cloth with gilt facsimile signature to front in jacket. Slight toning to inside jacket edges, one short tear to front panel of jacket. Autobiography of one of the great ballerinas of the 20th century covering her time with the Kirov and the time after her defection in 1970. Exceptional photographs, and stories of working with Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Balancine, Bruhn; and the roles she has conquered. Ruthlessly critical of herself as a dancer and deeply generous to some of her contemporaries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006602
- Title
- A Dance Autobiography
- Author
- Makarova, Natalia; Smakov, Gennady (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394501411
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501413
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BALLET DANCING MAKAROVA NATALIA 1940 PERFORMING ARTS DANCE CLASSICAL Kirov Defection Russian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Music, Stage and Film;
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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