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There are 33 books in this catalogue.
Letters on Dancing and Ballets
Noverre, Jean Georges
Book Number: 66227
ISBN: 
Beaumont, London, 1951. 8vo. hardcover. 169pp., b/w illus. Good+, foxing to endpapers & page edges, owner's signature on fep. / Fair, torn & stained d/w.
Price: $18.00


Enter the Colonies, Dancing: A History of Dance in Australia 1835-1949
Pask, Edward H.
Book Number: 65230
ISBN: 0195505891
Oxford University Press, Australia, 1979. Small 4to. hardcover. 188pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, some tipped-in typed notes inserted by previous owner. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


Ballets Russes
Shead, Richard
Book Number: 65185
ISBN: 186460154X
Sandstone Books 1998 4to. hardcover. 192pp. index, colour illus. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $35.00


LOLA MONTES. The Tragic Story of a 'Liberated Woman"
Cannon, Michael
Book Number: 64647
ISBN: 0959984186
Melbourne : Heritage Publications, 1973. First edition. 4to. hardcover. 90pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. Limited edition of 1000 copies
Price: $20.00


American Tap Dancing.
Raye, Zelia
Book Number: 20010
ISBN: 
Dancing Times, Hull, UK. 1938 black cloth, 8vo, d/w with shelf wear tears and chips, foxing and rubbed, end pages foxed, copy is clean and unmarked, rough cut page ends, b&w frontis of Raye, signed on fep. ., with inscription by author 'I hope you will find this book helpful. All the best Zelia Raye sydney 1945.' Illustrated chapter titles, Illus. throughout with diags, tables, explantations, and line drawings. Exam Syllubus. 50pp.
Price: $20.00


Nijinsky
Buckle, Richard
Book Number: 63983
ISBN: 0671211692
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971. 8vo. hardcover. 482pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, remainder mark on bottom edge near spine. / Good+, creased d/w with small tear at botom of spine.
Price: $15.00


De Basil's Ballets Russes
Walker, Kathrine Sorley
Book Number: 63984
ISBN: 0091475104
Hutchinson, London, 1982. 8vo. hardcover. 315pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good toned d/w.
Price: $30.00


Soviet Choreographers in the 1920s
Souritz, Elizabeth
Book Number: 63990
ISBN: 0822309521
Duke University Press, 1990. 8vo. hardcover. 355pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $25.00


101 Scottish Country Dances - Including 23 Hitherto Unpublished
Jean C. Milligan Illustrated by Irene B. Stewart
Book Number: 35470
ISBN: 
Paterson's Publications 1957 reprint 12mo. Blue vinyl covers. Gilt title to spine and front board, with picture of couples dancing. 159pp. Covers rubbed otherwise good. PO Name in pen on ffl. Contents include The Steps, Progression, Formations, General Hints, Programme List, Dances Specially suitable for children, Reels, Jigs, Strathspeys, Medleys, Quadrilles, Waltz, A-Z index.
Price: $15.00


Serpent of the Nile - Women and Dance in the Arab World.
Buonaventura, Wendy
Book Number: 45767
ISBN: 0863566723
Saqi Books November 16, 1989 4to Red cloth hardcover in d/w with light shelf wear along top edge, otherwise fine copy. Po name on half title. 208pp. A study of the history of the Middle Eastern solo woman's dance. Lavishly illustrated. "Serpent of the Nile" traces the origins of this ancient art, which survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval and changing times. Wendy Buonaventura demonstrates how Arabic dance came to be influenced by Western ideas about art and entertainment. But the influence was two-way. In the heyday of Orientalism, Arabic dance captured the imagination of writers and artists such as Flaubert, David Roberts and Jean-Leon Gerome, and imitators Colette and Mata Hari. Often based on common fantasies about Middle-Eastern women, this obsession produced evocative images and inspired fashion, theatre and popular entertainment. Scarce first edition hardcover.
Price: $125.00


From Studio to Stage: Costumes and Designs from the Russian Ballet
Healy, Robyn and Michael Lloyd.
Book Number: 51660
ISBN: 0642130655
National Gallery of Australia January 1991 4to softcover 64pp very good. Illustrated in colour throughout.
Price: $18.00


Take Your Partners: Traditional Dancing in Australia
Andrews, Shirley
Book Number: 4756
ISBN: 
Melbourne: Hyland House, 1979 Third Editon Revised and Enlarged Illustrated boards. Very Good, 208 pp, bibliography, glossary, index of dances.
Price: $12.00


Ballet scandals
Braunsweg, Julian
Book Number: 36450
ISBN: 0047820020
London Allen and Unwin 1977 8vo softcover 295pp, b/w illus. very good.
Price: $8.00


Nureyev
Percival, John
Book Number: 29859
ISBN: 
Popular Library, 1977. 8vo softcover pp index, b/w illus.good, pages browned.' '
Price: $6.00


Bellydance - Get fit and feel fabulous with the unique workout for the mind and body
Dolphina
Book Number: 58040
ISBN: 1405306599
DK/ Godess Life sq. 8vo. Softcover. Very good. Illustrated throughout. Includes a history of bellydance, stretching routine, Basic moves, dance routines, bellydance lifestyle.
Price: $18.00


The New ballet. Kurt Jooss and his work.
Coton, A. V. [Jooss, Kurt]
Book Number: 21000
ISBN: 
london. Dobson, 1946 4to. hardcover. 156pp. index. colour & b/w plates, b/w drawings. good, some wear to cover edges. / good, chipped d/w.
Price: $15.00


The Many Worlds Of Dance
Dean, Beth
Book Number: 21801
ISBN: 
Sydney, Murray, n.d. circa 1969. Inscribed by author on half-title. Small 4to. hardcover. 175pp. index. b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.'
Price: $15.00


Dance in India
Venkatachalam, G.
Book Number: 22080
ISBN: 
Napanda Publications Bombay n.d. c.1950 tan cloth, blue spine, hardcover. 132pp. b/w plates, colour frontis. very good, boards a little bent, spine faded. / no d/w.
Price: $25.00


Reaching for Dreams. A Ballet from Rehearsal to Opening Night
Kuklin, Susan
Book Number: 24126
ISBN: 
New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987 4to. hardcover. 128pp. b/w illus. very good, owner's inscription on fep. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00


Folkloric in Australia
Dean, B
Book Number: 24343
ISBN: 
Pacific Pubns, Sydney April 1978 Oblong 4to. Hardcover 86pp. colour illus. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00


Festival of Ballet
Balanchine, George
Book Number: 31515
ISBN: 0491020376
Ausralia Hutchinson 1978 8vo hardcover 838pp index, b/w illus. very good, fep & half-title pages clipped top corner. / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


Peggy van Praagh, a life of dance
Sexton, Christopher
Book Number: 31969
ISBN: 0333400895
South Melbourne Macmillan Co. of Australia 1985 8vo hardcover 226pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $10.00


The Encyclopedia of dance & ballet
Clarke, Mary
Book Number: 32114
ISBN: 090740863x
London Peerage 1977 4to hardcover 376pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00


The Square Dancers' Guide
Gowing, Gene
Book Number: 35996
ISBN: 
New York: Crown Publishers n.d. circa 1960s 4to. hardcover. 159pp. b/w illus. very good,outer page edges browned, library pocket inside front cover, / good+ rubbed d/w.
Price: $12.00


Theatre Street: The Reminiscences of Tamara Karsavina
Karsavina, Tamara
Book Number: 36553
ISBN: 0903102471
London Princeton Book Co Pub 1984 8vo hardcover 362pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $45.00


Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography
Fonteyn, Margot
Book Number: 42199
ISBN: 0491018649
W.H. Allen 1975 8vo hardcover 284pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $15.00


Strictly Dancing
Gilltrap, Angela
Book Number: 51060
ISBN: 0733314910
ABC Books 2004 Large 8vo. softcover. 192pp. b/w illus. Very good+.
Price: $22.00


The Bushwackers Band Dance Book
Wositzky, Jan and Newton, Dobe
Book Number: 53148
ISBN: 0909104255
Greenhouse Publications, Collingwood, 1980 4to. hardcover. 94pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $22.00


Anna Pavlova
Svetloff, V.
Book Number: 55360
ISBN: 0486230473
Dover, 1974 4to. softcover. 194pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good, light foxing, owner's inscription on fep.
Price: $15.00


Talking of Ballet
Howlett, Jasper
Book Number: 58759
ISBN: 
Philip Allan & Co. 8vo. Hardcover in d/w. d/w has hole punch to front where price was, and is shelf worn on the edges. PO Jean Garling.
Price: $12.00



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