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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 81 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates are mildly tanned and foxed, but text and images remain clear. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are moderately tanned, with visible crushing and noticeable splitting to ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with some visible marks also. Boards are slightly bowed.

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1933. 1st . Paper Back. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dreier, Katherine S. (frontis); Hawkins, Ralph (photos). 81pp.; HB blue w/blk.; slight rub w/wear on corners; spine sunned; some lt.tan w/clean,tight pgs. DJ tan w/blue-photocover; rubbed&soiled w/1x3"chip; sml.chips&tears; corners-cut. Essay and photos of Shawn (Edwin M. Shawn) "...artist in the realm of the dance." 32 photos by Ralph Hawkins & 70 photo reproductions.

A.S. Barnes and Company, 1933T. hardcover. Good. 0.5000 12.4000 9.4000. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, slight loss at the corners. Pages are tanned and clean.

New York, NY: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1933. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.4. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Fair. A.S. Barnes and Co., New York, NY 1933. 80 pages. Blue cloth, black lettering. Moderate general wear. Spine on top + bottom damaged. Jacket torn into several parts. Size: 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.4. Media/Performing Arts::Dance Biography 6316L 6316L

A.S. Barnes and Company, 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1933 Barnes 1st edition, VG/Acceptable DJ in Mylar, price-clipped dustjacket has i-inch piece missing at head of spine, chips and tears, name stamped twice, drink-ring, in Mylar- is diff. than amazon shows, firm corners & sound binding, name-stamp on inside cover.

J. M. Dent, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor.

J.M. Dent and Sons London 1933. First edition 81pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) very good (sl rubbed, corners sl bruised, minor stains to boards, spine foot bumped, sm tape repair to title page, sl foxing to free endpapers), illust.

J.M. Dent & Sons. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Poor dust jacket. 1st UK edition. Slightly dampstained and lightly soiled. Dust jacket split and rear panel laid in. Writing inside. From the collection of John Gach (1946-2009), a bibliophile and a nationally known bookseller who specialized in rare books devoted to the human sciences. (Dance, Pictorial Works)

London: J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd, 1933. Hardbound. VG-, toning and soiling around edges of boards, spine sunned. Blue cloth boards with white lettering, 81pp, profuse BW photographs, 1 color plate. monograph to Edwin Shawn, the dancer. Includes a reproduction painting and essay by Katherine Dreier, foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard, and an introduction by Hans Hildebrandt.

NY: A. S. Barnes and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine sunned, boards foxed.. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 1942 inscription by Ted Shawn to Bertha Damon on ffep, along with later inscription from Damon to another. Blue cloth binding. . Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard. Introduction by Hans Hildebrandt. Many photo reproductions of Ted Shawn in costume and dancing. Color frontispiece "abstract psychological portrait of Shawn" by Dreier. Though principally known as a painter and champion of modern art, Dreier wrote this book about the pioneering modern dancer, who later formed his own dance troupe and founded the Jacob's Pillow dance festival. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 81 pages .

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1933. First Edition. Quarto. Inscribed to Myrtle Clancy by Ted Shawn, and dated January 31, 1936. 81p. Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard with an Introuction by Hans Hildebrandt. This work is devoted almost entirely to male dancers as was Shawn's inclination in the period 1925-1936. Illustrated by photographs by various photographers, each dance is fully described in the appendix. A very nice copy bound in silver cloth lettered and decorated in purple, spine plain.

NY: Barnes, 1933. 4to, pp. 81. Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard, introduction by Hans Hildebrandt. With a colored frontispiece from a painting by Dreier and about 50 photographs, with work by Binder, Mortensen, Muray, Hiller and others. Shawn's presentation, dated Oct. 29, 1934, on flyleaf. Cover in silver, with blue stamping. Cover little worn at ends of spine and corners, o/w a nice copy.

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company Incorporated, 1933. First American edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio. 81, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative silver cloth, with purple lettering to front cover. Tissue-guarded colored frontispiece from a painting by Katherine S. Dreier. This first American edition is an appreciation of the dynamic and important dancer and choreographer Ted Shawn (1891-1972) and a view of influences on modern avant-garde dance in the early 1930's. Illustrated with an abstract color frontispiece of Shawn by the author and several full-page annotated b/w photographic reproductions by various photographers (Binder, Mortensen, Muray, Hiller and others). Also entails a list of original ballets and a descriptive catalogue as an appendix. Sunning, minor and sporadic soiling and creasing to dust-jacket. DJ in overall good-, binding and interior in very good condition.

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1933. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foreword by H. Niedecken Gebhard. Introduction by Hans Hildebrandt. Reproductions of Photographs by Ralph Hawkins, Rudolf, Robertson, Binder, Does, Hirano, Mortensen, Townsend, Hiller, Muray, Sunami, Snyder, White Studios, Bigelow and Arthur Kales. Quarto. 82pp. Silver coated cloth. About fine in very good dust jacket with a narrow, two-inch chip on front panel and light soiling.

New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1933. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with rubbing and minor darkening to extremities in a worn and stained dust jacket with three chips, the largest at the top of the front panel but not affecting titles nor images.. 81 pp. Illus. with over 100 b/w photos. 4to. Signed by Shawn in 1934 on free front endpaper, the year after he founded Jacob's Pillow. Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard. Introduction by Hans Hildebrandt. 32 reproductions of photographs by Ralph Hawkins. Ted Shawn was one of the preeminent dancers of his day. Scarce signed in dust jacket.

NY: Barnes, 1933. First Edition. 4to, silver coated cloth, 82 pages, illustrated [with numerous full-page photographs]. Inscribed by Shawn to critic Walter Terry. Cover sl soiled, but a very good tight clean copy. The pre-eminent modern dancer of his time, Ted Shawn founded the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Ted Shawn on half-title page and signed on rear fep by ensemble dancer Dennis Landers and pianist Jess Meeker. Boards in silver moire cloth, stamped in blue. Luell Weed's bookplate on front paste-down, else clean. Dust jacket has some damp staining along top edges of panels; chipped at spine ends; in a clear archival sleeve. 32 photographs by Ralph Hawkins and 70 reproductions of photographs of ballets, ensembles, etc. Color frontispiece with tissue guard showing the painting ''Abstract Psychological Portrait of Shawn'' by Katherine Dreier. 81 pages. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Pictorial profile of the influential pioneer of early American modern dance, Ted Shawn (1891-1972). Includes a biographical sketch by Katherine S. Dreier, introductory essay by Professor Hans Hildebrandt, and foreword by Dr. H. Niedecken-Gebhard. Four page List of Original Ballets (ensembles, trios, duets, and… Read More

1933. DREIER, Katherine S. SHAWN THE DANCER. Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard. Introduction by Hans Hildebrande. Reproductions of Photographs by Ralph Hawkins, Rudolf, Robertson, Binder, Does, Hirano, Mortensen, Townsend, Hiller, Muray, Sunami, Snyder, White Studios, Selby Studios, Bigelow and Arthur Kales. NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1933. Quarto, silver-gray cloth in the original dust jacket. First Edition. Edwin Myers Shawn (Ted Shawn) was one of the great male pioneer dancers and founded Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts- the longest-running summer dance festival in the United States. Signed by Shawn on the front endpaper. Near fine (text clean & tight); few several-inch tears (internally repaired using professional archival tape) but no chips (tiny stain) d/j. The dust jacket is fragile and difficult to come by, especially in decent shape! $250.00.

Color frontispiece is a painting by Dreier. Photos by Mortensen, La Jaren a Hiller, White Studios, et. al. 102 photo illus. Dust jacket slightly chipped, but seldom found in a dust jacket that isn't tattered. First Edition, Dust Jacket Present.Inscribed by Shawn: "To Dale Lefler from Shawn with ever-increasing affection. Jacob's Pillow, Aug. 21, 1942". Lefler danced in Shawn's troupe. This book is from Lefler's collection.