Arnold Haskell Kay Ambrose (27 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kay Ambrose (illustrator). First Edition. Decorated end papers .Inscription in ink inside cover.Published to help the cause of Poland during the Second World War,contributors in clude John Masefield,Sacheverell Sitwell,Victor Dandre,Ninette de Valois ,Cyril Beaumont,Matilde Kschesinska,Adeline Genee,Louis Golding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). 154 pages. B/w photos. Some soiling to the cloth; pages are tanned; a solid reading copy overall. No jacket. Title page says "In Aid of The Polish Relief Fund." Illustrator: Ambrose, Kay. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music, Opera, Ballet, Dance; Inventory No: 217077.

Third printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page; first published 1950). 96 pages. Hardcover; H 28.5cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket well rubbed with several long but mostly closed tears, large chip at top right of rear panel, spine and flap fold ends chipped, some soiling to white rear panel, publisher's price sticker affixed over printed price at bottom corner of front flap; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Yellow cloth boards, bumping and light toning at spine ends, board corners bumped too. Handwritten ink notation of college art department upon top edge and on front free endpaper verso; some foxing spots upon fore-edge and blank frontis recto; purple ink circular stamp of "Imperial Hotel, New Delhi" on frontis recto and on rear free endpaper recto. Interior pages are otherwise clean. A very good- copy in a good dust jacket. With illustrated endpapers, fifty-three photographs and numerous drawings by the author including color frontispiece, Introduction by Ram Gopal, Foreword by Arnold Haskell, Author's Preface, Bibliography, and Index. Nine chapters titled as: "Gods and Mythology in Indian Dancing;" "Indian Music;" "Bharata Natya, The Ancient Temple Dance of the Tanjore Courtesans, South India;" "Kathakali, The Dance-Drama of Malabar, South India;" "Kathak, The Whirling Dace from North India;" "Dances of Manipur and Assam, From the North-East;" "A Patchwork of Indian Folk-Dances;" "Dances of Ceylon;" and "Costumes of India.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). 1st Edition. Beige boards well handled, spine worn along edges, turned and titles fading. Contents slightly loose within boards. Decorated eps slightly aged, neat presentation insc from a Polish lad to a Scottish lass (1942) on prelim. Contents clean and firm, slightly warped text block. A selection of articles on the ballet with plates and illustrations, and a 74 page section of photos at the rear of ballet dancers and ballet.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). 1st Edition. 220pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Pictorial light card covers. 12mo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Page margins tanning. Internally, neat, clean and tight. Provides the theory and history of modern ballet with notes on the leading personalities and creators, studies of individual ballets and of some contemporary ballerinas and dancers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 120 p. + plates, frontis., illus. Firm binding, one small name stamp and one small bookshop stamp on FFEP, else unmarked. Chipping rubbing to edges of DJ, clipped. Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Regular. Kay Ambrose (illustrator). a complete guide to ballet: its history, its teory, notes on the leading personalities and creators of modern ballet, studies of individual ballets and of some contemporary dancers, illustrated with sixteen pages of photogravure and decorations, by Kay Ambrose. damaged at the edges of cover and first page 11 X 18 Cms. 224 Pps.

Original beige cloth boards with red motif of a dancer to front board, red titles to spine, 10.00 x 7.25 inches approx. , some soiling to pale background, illustrated endpapers, red on pale background, previous owner's inscription to top of front endpaper dated 1940, black and white illustrated frontispiece, 153 pages, black and white illustrations by Kay Ambrose. Released in Aid of The Polish Relief Fund.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 94pp.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Kay Ambrose (illustrator). First Edition. Penguin Catalogue No. S5. A third impression of the first UK edition, published as a Penguin Special in October 1938. The book was first published and reprinted in July 1938. A paperback original. Illustrated with 16 pages of monochrome photographic plates and twenty-five original decorations within the text by Kay Ambrose. ***Please note that the front free endpaper has been removed. ***Very good in monochrome illustrated black printed turquoise-blue and white wrappers. Covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling [see scans]. A small scuff to the top of the spine. Edges of wrappers slightly rubbed and creased. Light reading crease to the spine. Spine slightly darkened. No tears. No inscriptions. Internal pages clean, although the paper has browned. ***220 pages including an Illustrated Glossary of some Common Terms, Bibliography and Index plus a three page publisher's catalogue at the back of the book. 180mm x 110mm. ***'The first complete guide to Ballet and for the price of a theatre programme; its history, its theory, notes on the leading personalities and creators of modern Ballet, studies of individual ballets and of some contemporary dancers, illustrated with sixteen pages of photogravure and decorations by Kay Ambrose.' (Quote taken from the front wrapper). ***Third impression of the first UK paperback edition which was a true first edition - published before the war in 1938. A classic work on the history and interpretation of ballet. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 154pp, including 74pp b&w illustrations. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. There is some light foxing of the boards, a short ownership inscription, and light bumping to tthe lower corners of the boards; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Condition: Very Good. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). 10th. Pelican series.211 pages. 3rd revision. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contents lightly tanned.

Condition: Good. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). Revised. Pelican series.130 pages. Illustrated with striking black and white illustrations, plus 16 pages of photogravure. This is a reprint of the 1945 revised edition, also printed in 1945. Covers worn and slightly spotted. Spotting on fore edge and prelims. Contents slightly tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kay Ambrose (illustrator). Good condition, spine slightly shaded with readable text, light age spotting to end papers, light wear and marks, corners slightly rubbed.

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 18 Photos; 25 Drawings By Kay Ambrose (illustrator). revised edition; tan 3/4 lather w/maroon boards, some rubbing and discolorations; raised bands, possibble rebound edition; 176 clean, unmarked pages; lite toning of end papers Size: 12 vo.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Good+; bound in tan cloth covered boards with illustrated end pages. Some toning, fraying, staining and edge wear to exterior. Toning throughout interior. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. 4to. 10"h x 7 1/2"w. Page 109/110 is detached but present.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 95 pages, colour frontispiece. Dedicated to The Royal Air Force!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition , 221, (3) pp., pictorial stiff paper wrappers and dust jacket. Wear on wrappers, age toning, light damage to jacket, good copy. 18 x 11 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Middlesex. Penguin Books Ltd (Pelican). 1938. First Edition. Second printing. Soft Covers. A Pelican special. The author was Head Master at the Royal Ballet School. He also started the Carmago School with Ninette de Valois. This copy is a first edition second impression published the same year as the first. Blue printed soft card wrappers in near fine condition with sharp corners and no edge wear. Age toning to the text block. A few marks to the ffep. A little creasing to the spine Contents in very good condition. Former owner name dated 1939 to front endpaper. 16 sepia photos. 220 pages + 4 pages of adverts at rear. A much collected and sought after Pelican Original. It sets out to explain the special allure of the dance. With photographs and beautiful drawings by Kay Ambrose.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Kay Ambrose (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ambrose, Kay and Others (illustrator). First. Red titles on cream cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a name, date and initials to front endpaper and foxing to closed edges. Dustjacket has name and initials written on inside flap. 144 pages. 130 photographs by the leading ballet photographers including Angus McBean. Many drawings by Kay Ambrose, Michael, Ayrton and others. For theThird annual issue of this authoritative record of the ballet, Arnold Haskell has a distinguished list of contributors including Cyril W. Beaumont and Irene Lidova with drawings by Kay Ambrose and others. 1 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine to Worn. No Jacket. Kay Ambrose and various Photographers (illustrator). Seventeenth Impression. The spine is not easily readable.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Kay Ambrose and various Photographers (illustrator). First.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ambrose, Kay (illustrator). No dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed by the editor on title page. Signed by W. De Basil on page 63. Very foxed, faded and grubby boards with some bumping and fraying on leading corners. Spine is very creased and bumped at ends. Tanned page block and pages. Pages are a little tanned, and there is considerable foxing at front and rear of book. Binding is slightly loose near centre of book. Newspaper clipping on Nijinsky is laid in between pages 32 and 33. Contents remain clear. AF. By Editor. Used.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Kay Ambrose. (illustrator). 1st Edition. This was Arnold Haskell's own copy with his bookplate specially designed by Michael Ayrton. Woodcut illustrations by Kay Ambrose. The author was Ballet Director/Head Master at the Royal Ballet School and was married to Alicia Markova's sister Vivienne. He also started the carmago School with Ninette de Valois This copy a true 1st edition (reprinted in 1945) has a very good wrapper with minor edge rubbing and pale blue printed soft card wrappers in fine condition, the edges of the paper have browned a little, 16 sepia photos all very good. Unique copy owned by author. 220 pages + 4 pages of adverts at rear. Owners own copy.

Signed Limited Edition, Number 73 of 100 copies. Hardback. Very good in good, split and marked, slipcase. Spine faded, owner's inscription on fep, spotting to edge of pages. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.