The First Book of Ballet (Signed and Inscribed Assocation Copy)

Author(s): Streatfeild, Noel

Illustrator(s): Soyer, Moses

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Fair
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Franklin Watts
Publication Year:	1953
Publication Place:	New York
Book ID:	000284
Catalogue(s):	Signed Books ◇ Association and Presentation Copies ◇ Performance Arts and Plays

First edition, first impression. 94pp. Generously illustrated with numerous two-tone illustrations throughout. Original beige cloth boards with vignette of three ballet dancers on front (boards rubbed with a couple of tiny stains on edges, slightly rounded on leading corners). Pages bright, crisp and clean throughout Unclipped DJ rubbed at chapped at edges, front detached from rear, with about a third of the backstrip absent. Ffep inscribed "Thank you so mich for emergency service on this. Love, Noel, 1954". The recipient was Rita Smith who, for many years, was Streatfeild's secretary and typist. DJ now protected in archival quality clear film sleeve. By following the career of a young dancer, Anne, through her early years of training, the author tells with sympathy and unexpected humour the qualities an aspiring ballerina must have.

Keywords:

presentation copy rita smith noel streatfeild ballet dance