Shoes for the Moscow Circus. Scenes from a Hidden World. From foundries and Flagmakers to stonemasons and Taxidermists. by Keens, Leta - 2010

Sydney: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australa, 2010. 271pp, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards, no jacket. Slight bow to boards. Tucked away in a suburban Sydney shopfront is a workshop where thye make dance shoes the way they have always been made-by hand. They make shoes that are worn by can-can dancers in Paris and by the acrobats of te Moscow Ciircus. This book looks behind the scenes of 28 little-know, but remarkable, trades and industries as diverse as harstack builders and a doll's hospital, an umbrella maker and a blacksmith. Explores the history, traditions and skills, passions and personalities and often the unexpected romance, strangeness and beauty of this hidden world.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.