Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography
by Fonteyn, Margot
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0491018649
- ISBN 13
- 9780491018647
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
W.H. Allen, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 284 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped and in excellent condition. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The front endpapers consist of a inscription of the owner dated 1975. In addition that owner has written a fascinating letter to her granddaughter in 2002 and presented her with book.. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. The autobiography one of of the world's greatest dancers. The narrative of Fonteyn the dancer, with accounts of her three great partnerships, with Robert Helpmann, Michael Somes and Rudolf Nureyev, is interwoven with the story of Fonteyn the woman, whose emotional life centred on Tito Arias. The book gives a unique angle on 20th century ballet. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Dance. ISBN: 0491018649. ISBN/EAN: 9780491018647. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6380. . 9780491018647
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6380
- Title
- Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography
- Author
- Fonteyn, Margot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0491018649
- ISBN 13
- 9780491018647
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, Ballet dancers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Ballet, Ballet Fonteyn Dame Margot Biographies, Biography & Autobiography; Britain/UK; Dance. ISBN: 0491018649 EAN: 9780491018647 Fonteyn, Margot Margot Fonteyn: Autob
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