Studies In Ballet de William Chappell - 2007-03-15

John Lehmann, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Published. 158 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to front board. Wear marks overall.

Paperback / softback. New.

John Lehmann Ltd., London, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 158pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With a title page design and 36 decorations and illustrations, including nine full-page drawings all contributed by the author, plus 30 black and white photographs including a portrait frontispiece. Two related newspaper clippings laid-in. A tiny trace of marking to the cloth in two or three places, and a contemporary (1951) former owner gift inscription inked to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in Chappell-designed colour dust wrapper, price-clipped, and a little toned and lightly spotted, and nicked at the spine ends and corner tips with several tiny fractions of loss. The first book by the noted British dancer and ballet designer. Billy Chappell was also the best friend of Edward Burra, who he first met in 1921 when the two were studying at the Chelsea School of Art..

Published by John Lehmann London, 1948. Hard Cover, First Edition. Condition: Near very good. Light foxing. Boards and interior very clean. Dust Jacket: Good. 1cm square piece missing top front corner. Some edgewear. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

DW. Good condition. Not price clipped.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.