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Peter Barratt (Editor)
£38.00

A Treasury of African Hunting

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PUBLISHERWinchester Press, New York.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards have a little shelf wear and slight fading at edges. A few faint foxing marks on endpapers, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little shelf wear...

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
£35.00

Civil Aircraft Accident: Report of the Court of Inquiry into the Accidents to Comet G-ALYP and Comet G-ALYY

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PUBLISHERHer Majesty's Stationary Office.
BINDINGPaper covers secured with two staples.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with some tearing around spine, creasing and discolouration. Staples have rusted but the binding is mostly secure, apart from the two centre pages which are loose but still present. Fold out chart is...

Cecil Beaton
£30.00

Ballet

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PUBLISHERWingate: London, New York.
BINDINGPurple cloth boards with silver lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some  general wear and fading, especially around spine. A few small spot marks. Binding secure. Light browning and foxing affecting mainly outer leaves and block edges. Text and images are mostly clear and little marked.

Maud Allan
£40.00

My Life and Dancing

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PUBLISHEREverett & Co. London
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt and orange lettering and tipped in photograph.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and scuffing. Binding secure. Light browning and a few foxing spots, but text and images remain largely clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITIONNo...

Marie Rambert
£20.00

Quicksilver: An Autobiography

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PUBLISHERMacmillan.
BINDINGTeal cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONJust a little wear to edges of boards. Block edges and outer leaves are browned, but text and images are largely clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome wear and slight creasing to edges. faint scratching on...

Princess Romanovsky-Krassinsky
£25.00

Dancing in Petersburg: The Memoirs of Kschessinska

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PUBLISHERVictor Gollancz Ltd. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear at edges, spine faded. Cup ring mark and a few other spots. Browning and foxing affecting block edges and outer leaves, but text images are mostly clear and little marked.

Richard Buckle
£18.00

Costumes and Curtains from the Diaghilev and De Basil Ballets

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PUBLISHERSotheby Parke-Bernet Publications, London.
BINDINGPink cloth boards, illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear to edges of boards. Some discolouration and foxing to block edges, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome wear at edges, patches of tiny delamination spots...

Serge Lifar
£14.00

Serge Diaghilev: His Life, His Work, His Legend

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PUBLISHERPutnam, London.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally a little worn at edges, with some discolouration. Binding tight. Some browning and faint foxing affecting mainly outer leaves, but text and images remain largely clear and little marked,
DUST JACKETIntact, but rather worn and discoloured. Price clipped....

Boris Kochno
£20.00

Diaghilev and The Ballets Russes

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PUBLISHERHarper  & Row, New York.
BINDINGOatmeal cloth boards with embossed lettering on front, gilt on spine. Decorated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little wear to edges and a few small marks. Binding secure. Text and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition, with...

Nicolas Legat
£30.00

Ballet Russe: Memoirs of Nicolas Legat

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PUBLISHERMethuen & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edges, spine faded, corners bumped. Small piece of paper adhered bottom front left. Some browning affecting mainly block edges, outer leaves and margins. Text and images are mostly clear and little marked. Uneven opened pages.

Michel and Vitale Fontine
£30.00

Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master

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PUBLISHERConstable & Company Limited, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound pale blue cloth boards with black over spine and gilt lettering. Decorated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are a little worn and faded at edges. Slight discolouration. Some faint foxing and browning to leaves, but text and images remain largely clear. Small previous...

K.V. Burian
£25.00

The Story of World Ballet

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PUBLISHERAllan Wingate, London.
BINDINGCream cloth boards with black and red design, gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and affected by foxing and discolouration. Hinges a little weakened, but binding secure. Inside, the text and images remain clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1963,...

Lorna Hill
£16.00

La Sylphide: The Life of Marie Taglione

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PUBLISHEREvans Brothers Limited London.
BINDINGPale orange cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear and some discolouration to edges of boards. Binding secure. Foxing affecting block edges, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little wear at edges, spine faded.
EDITION1967.
DESCRIPTIONA...

Joan Lawson
£17.00

Classical Ballet: It's Style and Technique

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PUBLISHERAdam & Charles Black, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little general wear and slight fading at edges. Binding secure. Browning to block edges and outer leaves, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETIn worn condition with tearing and creasing...

The Duke of Bedford and Spencer R. Pickering
£240.00

Report of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm (15 volumes, 1897-1921)

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PUBLISHEREyre and Spottiswoode, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONAlthough the boards of each have some wear, they are in good condition for age. Some discolouration and a few foxing spots, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Ex library with book...

Stephen Lloyd, Colin Anderson et al.
£18.00

Modern French Tapestries

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PUBLISHERCity Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, and R.C.A. Galleries, London.
BINDINGSoft covers. 
BOOK CONDITIONCovers have some creasing, and wear at edges. Scratching to gloss surface. Binding secure. Slight yellowing to margins, but text and images remain clear and little marked, colours bright.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1972.
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John Bosy
£20.00

Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

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PUBLISHERYale University Press.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards, illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, slight shelf wear to edges of boards. Text and images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little wear and creasing at very edges, some faint scratching to gloss surface.
EDITION1991.
DESCRIPTIONA true...

John C.L. Sparkes
£25.00

A Manual of Artistic Anatomy for the Use of Students in Art

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PUBLISHERBailliere, Tindall and Cox, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound textured blue cloth boards with navy leather over spine. Gilt lettering and decorative bands on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, the spine has some scuffing and damage, corners bumped. Binding secure. Some yellowing, but otherwise text and images remain largely...

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