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Hurok Attractions, 1942. Staple Bound. Very Good. Clean and unmarked; tight binding. Staple-bound program. 9 1/4""w x 12 1/8""h. Approx. 50 pages. Includes synopses of ballets and b&w portraits of performers.

N Y: Penguin, 1981. Soft Cover. Good. Tear on cover. 5 1/2""w x 4 1/4""h. 96 pages. Many b&w photographs.

Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear and small tears to cover. 87 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations. Ballerina drawings by Eleanor Antin. The journal of Eleanor Antin for three weeks in October 1980 when she lived in New York as ""Eleanora Antinova, the once celebrated but now retired Black Ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe.""

U.S.A.: Crossroad Pub Co, 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition with corners showing very, very slight shelfwear as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. [The book] studies choreographers, dancers, and scholars, joining hands in exploring the multiple connections between dnace and religion in comtemporary worship and ritual, in modern choreography based on religious subject matter, and in choreography that is not thematically religious. Paying particular attention to the history of dance in the judeo-Christian tradition, [the book] celebrates the modern rediscovery of the human body as central to ritual and to religious faith. Further, a series of essays employinging a feminist hermeneutic shows how the history of t dance mirrors the relatiohship between the social and religious roles of women.

National Arts Center, 1991. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. XL. Book is in excellent condition in every respect with one lightly bumped corner as only blemish. Text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears. Large format, 111 pages with many full page b&w photos. Foreword by Yves DesRochers, Director of he National Arts Centre; Introduction by Jack Udashkin, Director of Dance. Black and white photography of contemporary dance at the National Arts Centre from 1980 to 1990. Features many of the top dancers and dance companies in Canadian contemporary dance. Text in English & French.

Yale University Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with the slightest indication of previous ownership. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

London: Studio Vista, 1978. Oversize Hardback. Good/Very Good. Book is in excellent condition except for what appears to be a punch tool mark starting on page 145 and impacted to page 159, cutting a 1/4"" x 1/2"" rectangle; weird. Book is otherwise very clean with green cloth boards, gilt print at spine, decorative endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners with a bit of wear, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light signs of shelf wear, some chipping at the edges with a few very small tears, a scratch mark on the back. Book is lavishly illustrated with large b&w & color prints and photos throughout. Historical presentation of set and costume design as well as lots of very impressive designs of the ""modern age."" Contents include: Renaissance spectacle, From court to theatre, Rococo, neoclassical, romantic, The Diaghilev era, After Diaghilev, In Russia, Design for today, Traditional design, French… Read More

Brooklyn: Dance Horizons, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 306 pages. 8 1/8""w x 11 1/8""h. Facsimile edition of Volume I, Numbers 1-10, December 1897 - November 1898.

Dance Horizons, 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition with slightly scuffed covers from shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 63 pages with 15 page b&w photo section of Kwakiutl indians, Dapango war dance, dancers of Danane (Africa) Dead Cannibal, masks, dancers, dancing after funeral, Congo Societe at Mardi Gras (Haiti), Bali dancers: male inpersonating female, girl impersonating prince, etc.

N. Y.: Cooper Union School of Art, 1999. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Installation catalog shows light wear to covers only, with some edge wear and scuffing. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. A collaboration by Bill T. Jones, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser, Keith Haring and others, producing a virtual dance performance derived from digitized captured motion. Illustrations in color and in b&w. 63 pages.

Charles E. Merrill Books, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards. Buson, Rafaello. Book shows light wear to covers, scuffing a ball point pen scrawl, masking tape residue at bottom spine.. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save tape residue inside front cover and occasional foxing. Lavishly illustrated with color and b&w drawings, often very campy. 48 pages, decorated endpapers.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1996. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author. Signed by Karen Kain on title page with previous owner's ""Merrry Christmas 1994"".

N Y: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bumped top corner of cover. 7 1/4""w x 10 1/4""h. 306 pages. Many b&w photos.

A.S. Barnes, 1949. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition with sunning to page ends, otherwise absolutely clean. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows substantial edge wear, small tears at corners. 191 pages with elaborate step-by-step visual instructions featuring 10 - some photo figures illustrating the move or technique on every opposite page with a full page of written instruction: teaching cues, teaching count, levels, movement sequence, variations, etc. Contents include: Prance preparation, Knee bend, standing, Contraction and release,with side turn, Back fall from stand, Jump and side fall, Open leg jump, Brush leap, Jump with quarter turns, Half tun with hip thrust, and a great many others.

N Y: Drake Publishers, Inc., 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears on edge worn dust jacket. 201 pages. Many b&w photographs.

Brooklyn, NY: Interlink Publishing Group, 1998. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 9 1/2""w x 11 1/4""h. 208 pages. Many illustrations and photos.

Thames & Hudson, 2002. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 7/8""w x 12""h, 208 pages. Illustrated with more than 250 photographs.

N Y: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 153 pages. Bright blue cloth cover with gilt title block. Dust jacket has several closed and open tears. Many illustrations and b&w photos. Swank!

Simon & Schuster, 2018. Hard Cover. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, brand new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is new also. Big orange prublisher's sticker on cover.

Simon & Schuster, 2018. Hard Cover. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, brand new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is new also. Big orange prublisher's sticker on cover.