Ballet Guide: Background, Listings, Credits, and Descriptions of More Than Five Hundred of the World's Major Ballets - Hardcover

Ballet Guide: Background, Listings, Credits, and Descriptions of More Than Five Hundred of the World's Major Ballets (Signed First Edition)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976. Revised and expanded edition of the 1959 classic first edition. First printing of the 1976 edition. Full black cloth; spine lettered in white; top edge stained red. Near fine in a near-fine jacket. The book has a slight spine slant and light soiling to the lower page edge. The jacket shows edgewear and several small closed tears, with the author's name scuffed on the spine where a small area of lamination has been removed. Red endpapers. Signed by Walter Terry on the front free endpaper in March 1977, with "All best wishes," but not inscribed to a named recipient. A tight, clean copy. 8vo, 388 pp. with index. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographs on coated stock. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A substantially revised and expanded successor to Terry's "1959 Ballet: A New Guide to the Liveliest Art," providing background, synopses, production credits, and premiere information for more than five hundred ballets, together with a brief history of ballet, a guide to viewing ballet, and a glossary of terms. Signed by Author(s). Artikel-Nr. F2200-Ballet

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