Thousand Night Stands by Shawn Ted Poole Gray (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, stated. Inscribed, signed, and dated by the author on the front endpaper: "To Donato with love from Shawn / Jacob's Pillow / Sept. 23, 1960." A promo sheet from Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Lee, Massachusetts) laid in. Shawn (1891-1972) was a major figure in twentieth century American modern dance, first as a performer and then choreographer and artistic director; "Donato" is likely Donato Cedrone. The book is unmarked; spine slant; corners and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $4.95); chipped and edgeworn, with short closed tears; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp.288, illustrated in b/w Signed by Shawn on the title-page. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly bumped; faint scuff mark at bottom edge of front board. Dust jacket a little wrinkled and creased along the edges; VG in mylar, not price-clipped.

hard cover. Condition: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood, hard cover ex-library book with dust jacket, no pocket, deckle pages, sunned, deckle pages, 288 pages, 8vo.

First printing. Inscribed first edition of this "exciting, rhythmic autobiography of America's greatest male dancer." 8.25'' 5.25''. Original black cloth, stamped in light blue to fron board and spine, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($4.95) photographic jacket designed by Herb Marcelin. Machine deckle fore-edge. Black-and-white illustrations. 288 pages. Inscribed by Shawn on front fly leaf: "To / Ed/ with love/ from / Ted / Jacob's Pillow / Oct. 17 / 1960." Jacket with some rubbing and edgewear. Book with tiny bump to one corner. Clean. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

First Edition. 8vo, 288pp. Signed by Shawn and inscribed by his collaborator Gray Poole. VG. Shawn's travels and tours: with the army, in the Orient; and his creation of the Denishawn Dancers with the male athletes at Springfield College.