Frederick Ashton a Choreographer His Ballets by Dominic Zoe Gilbert John Selwyn (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's original orange cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, photographic endpapers. 256pp. Photographs throughout. Price-clipped DJ. First/First.

Cloth. Condition: As NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. First edition. Small dent along top edge of spine. Slight fading along spine of DJ. Minor marks and scratches on DJ.

1971 1STFINE /FINE.

George G. Harrap. 1971. First edition. Hardback with DW. 4to. Illustrated throughout. Board extremities very slightly rubbed o/w a clean and sound copy in price clipped and slightly worn wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. 256pp. Orange cloth. Book is clean and unmarked inside and out. Dust jacket has light edgewear and a 3 inch tear along lower front fold. A biographical overview of Ashton with photography by Zoë Dominic.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. 1st US edition. Stamped on half title page. In protective mylar cover. (Choregraphers, Dance, Ballet, Biography).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American Printing with numerous great black and white photographs. The book is spotless inside and out. There is just a trace of rub wear to top and bottom edges of the spine. No other damage or wear. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is completely clean. It does have three closed edge tears, one of which is just over an inch in length. Will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dominic, Zoe - Photographs (illustrator). First American, (c)1971,UK. Brown Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First American, (c)1971,UK. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 256 pages; 'Sir Frederick Ashton, Ballets and other works,' 1926-1970, listed in date order, as premiered; theatre, composer, designer, cast; 9 pages, over 100 ballets; from the dj: "Drawing on interviews with Sir Frederick Ashton , his sister, and friends.John Selwyn Gilbert and Zoe Dominic have given us a fascinating insight into the man and the artist--his determination to become a dancer after seeing Pavlova perform; his development as a dancer and then as a choreographer; his methods of creating and rehearsing his ballets; and the views of his dancers and of his critics on what he does and how he does it. The author, a journalist and playwright, has worked closely with Zoe Dominic, one of the most eminent theatrical photographers in Great Britain." The dust jacket corners have some corner and edge wear, and two circa 1/l2 inch long edge tears.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8 1/2 x 11 1/8" 256 pages. ex library copy. spine label removed with small spot there, stamped on top of pages, bottom of title page, also stamped withdrawn. pocket on last page. dj now in mylar protector. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). Frederick Ashton (illustrator). Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white. 256 pages. 4to, orange cloth, dust wrapper, sunned. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., (1971). A very good(+) copy with discoloration on rear cover from publisher's error, in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

First Edition. 21.5cm x 28.5cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn - photographer and artist Keith Money. Inscribed / Signed by Frederick Ashton to Keith Money. Additionally monogrammed by Ashton on the frontispiece (Monogramm in exchange for his photographed head). With some ephemera (Programme for Ashton's funeral together with an amusing newspaper-clipping in which the co-author of the book on Ashton, John Selwyn Gilbert, writes to a newspaper and complains about being omitted as the co-author in a recent article). Includes for example: Frederick Ashton in conversations Family and Early Life. La Peri, Les Rendezvous, Les Patineurs, The Thirties and the War, Symphonic Variations, Cinderella, Daphnis and Chloe, Ondine, La Fille Mal Gardee, Les Deux Pigeons, Persephone, Marguerite and Armand, The Dream. Monotones. Jazz Calendar. Enigma Variations. Lament of the Waves. Facade and Gala. Sprache: english.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Trade Edition. 256 pp. Photos. Spine bumped. Colour frontis picture of Ashton. A study of his career, and some of his ballets. Heavy book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good quarto 256pp., col. frontis., b/w pls., appendix, Neat owner address o/w nice copy.