Shawn the Dancer by Dreier, Katherine S - 1933

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 & 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.