Stories Of the Ballets

London: Werner Laurie, 1972. The author tells the stories of many famous ballets. In outlining the plot-sequence behind the stylised actions of the dancers, she explains the underlying symbolism in each ballet and shows how effective the creative combination of movement, grouping, decor and choreography can be. The book contains an index giving details of the source of each story… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Werner Laurie, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1951. Reprint. 486 pages. Green dust jacket with dark green lettering over blue cloth. Colour frontispiece with B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with foxing and marking… Read more about this item

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1951. Reprint (1st 1949), follows same author's "Stories from the Opera". Blue covers with gilt, 486pp inc index, with b/w photographs and colour frontis. Covers have only modest wear, bumping to head and foot of spine and damp marks at lower fore corners - this has not affected the text bloc. Page edges dusty and foxed,… Read more about this item

Werner Laurie, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. 485 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Werner Laurie, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1952. Fifth Impression. 486 pages. Green jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

London : Werner Laurie, 1958. 7th Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 486p. ; 23cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Ballets ; Stories, plots, etc. Ballet dancing.

T. W. Laurie, 1949. Poster. Good.

GB: Werner Laurie, 1972. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Body text very slight bowed. Minor marks to top text edge. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in tact BUT a bit dust soiled and spine is browned on inside.. Ninth Impression. Hardback. VG+/nrVG… Read more about this item

London England: T. Werner Laurie. Good/No Jacket. 1949. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo Hardcover Hardcover. Stories of the Ballet. Message to previous owners to inside cover. Rolled spine. Browning to spine. Slight wear to bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. The titlew of this … Read more about this item

Uk: Werner Laurie, 1972. Book. Good+. Hardcover. black boards, some very minor shelf wear, some minor wear to edges and corners, very minor dust marks to page edges, a very good tight clean copy. the author tells the stories of many of the famous ballets, including the Firebird, Petrouchka, Hamlet and many others.

Warner Laurie. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 6th printing. (ballet) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Werner Laurie, 1953. Hardback. good/No Dust Jacket. spine slightly faded

London: Werner Laurie. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. faded spine with brown marks. Mould spotting on covers, internally good. No jacket. . Fair. Hardcover. 5th or later Printing. 1953.

London, Werner Laurie 1958 seventh impression.. xvi+486pp. 8vo. Original boards in slightly sunned dustwrapper. Colour frontis, b/w plates. Inscription to previous owner on ffe. Some foxing to rear d/w and upper edges, light tape-marks to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.

Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.