By her mother. Foreword by John Galsworthy. Pp. 210, frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, facsimile letter; boards a trifle worn, edges and spine faded; upper hinge starting, ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, some foxing; Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [c.1926]. First edition. More about MEGGIE ALBANESI
The biography. Pp. viii+248(last blank), 8 plates (5 coloured or part-coloured), index; med. 8vo; fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Orion, London, 2005. First edition. More about DAVE ALLEN
Decorations by Ron Edwards. Pp. 20(last colophon), pictorial title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; plain blue/grey card wrappers, stapled; within pictorial dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves slightly offset; The Rams Skull Press, Ferntree Gully, 1957. First edition. Black Bull Chapbooks... More about AUSTRALIAN SONG INDEX 1828-1956
Traditional dancing in Australia. Pp. 208, decorative title page, numerous text illustrations (some full page), printed music, bibliography, glossary, index of dances; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper worn, edges rubbed, with a couple of small chips and splits, the front flap slightly soiled and... More about TAKE YOUR PARTNERS
A survey of 780 operas from 1597. Translated from the Italian by Catherine Atthill, Judith Elphic, Mary Fitton, John Gilbert, Virginia Renshaw, Judith Spencer, Pamela Swinglehurst. Pp. 512, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, indices; tall post 4to; a few faint bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust... More about PHAIDON BOOK OF THE OPERA
Illustrated by Diz Wallis. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour throughout (some full page); med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly at bottom fore-corner of back panel; Kingfisher, London, 1995. First edition. *Giselle, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Nutcracker, etc., including brief... More about TALES FROM THE BALLET
Pp. xii+768(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, London, 1976. First edition. More about THE OXFORD COMPANION TO FILM
A true tale. Pp. 384; tiny bruise to top edge of lower board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and slightly scuffed; text block lightly browned, edges of leaves faintly foxed; W. H. Allen, London, 1977. First U.K. edition. *Story of the author's four years in the Australian outback. More about INTERMISSION
Pp. 222, illustrated; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper; The Citadel Press, Secaucus, N.J., 1979. First edition. More about THE FILMS OF WARREN BEATTY
Being a Third Supplement to the Complete Book of Ballets. Pp. xii+260, frontispiece, plus 54 plates, index; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and split, small surface graze from removal of sticker on front flap; a little light foxing; Putnam, London, 1945. First edition. More about BALLETS PAST & PRESENT:
Pp. 212, frontispiece plus 46 plates, addenda, index; boards slightly flecked; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges worn and split, back panel soiled; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed and soiled; Putnam's Sons, London, 1952. Reprinted. More about SUPPLEMENT TO COMPLETE BOOK OF BALLETS
Bicentennial edition 1770-1970. Pp. 276, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full page), notes, selected bibliography, indices, list of Beethoven's compositions, discography; large square 4to; white cloth, lettered and blocked in gilt, faintly foxed; pictorial clear plastic dust wrapper, a trifle worn; a little light foxing; Polydor... More about LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
A memoir. Pp. [viii]+338, 26 illustrations, mostly full page, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; inked initials on upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First edition. *Includes memories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, Noel Coward, a.o. More about TRIBULATIONS AND LAUGHTER
His autobiography. With discography by Jack Mitchell. Foreword by Eric Child. Pp. 448(last blank), title page portrait, numerous text illustrations, discography, index; boards slightly soiled, fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased, backstrip faded; a little light foxing; Child & Associates, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More about GRAEME BELL, AUSTRALIAN JAZZMAN
A special time remembered. Pp. 186, plates, index; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983. First edition. *Memoirs of actress Jill Bennett, focussing on her relationship with Sir Godfrey Tearle during the last four years of his life. More about GODFREY
Published under the auspices of The Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association. Illustrated by Rowland A. Beard. Pp. 40, coloured frontispiece and 3 full page illustrations, black & white title page decoration and full page map, printed music, bibliography; edges of boards lightly foxed; price-clipped dust... More about DANCES OF THE NETHERLANDS
An Intimate Celebration of Opera Australia. Photographs by Bridget Elliot. Prelude by Dame Joan Sutherland. Pp. x+246(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), index; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly scuffed; Opera Australia/Currency Press, Sydney, 2006. First edition. *'Everything that goes into bringing..... More about THE COMPANY WE KEEP
A study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-1966. Pp. xx+188(last blank), bibliography, index; top edges grey; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *Examines the thematic concern of writers like Gelber, Brown, Bellow and Miller, and the rise of a new, socially committed theatre as represented... More about CONFRONTATION AND COMMITMENT
The life of John Bishop. Foreword by Stewart Cockburn. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, index; dust wrapper; lower pastedown slightly soiled; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Biography of the man who brought into being the Adelaide Festival of Arts. More about CAUSE TO REJOICE
A life for music. Pp. xvi+336, frontispiece, plus 24 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, notes, index; med. 8vo; spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper; inked gift inscription (dated 1989) on the half-title page; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. *Biography of the Australian musician, teacher and festival director who founded... More about JOHN BISHOP
[La Cenerentola]. The story of Rossini's opera retold by Alan Blyth with pictures by Emanuele Luzzati. Pp. [32](including the endpapers), illustrated in (mainly) colour and black & white, printed music score on endpapers; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle marked; a little faint foxing; Julia MacRae Books, London... More about CINDERELLA
[Two issues]. 1. Fall-Winter 1966. Pp. [iv]+176 [last 3 advertisements), a few text illustrations, printed music; 2. Spring-Summer 1967. Pp. [ii]+172+[4](advertisements); both printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, the first issue lightly creased or rubbed at corners; together within a [later, not integral] navy card slipcase, which is lightly worn;... More about PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC
Pp. x+342, 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, notes, appendices, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. More about ADRIAN BOULT
A Literary Life. Pp. x+690(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2014. First edition. More about BERTOLT BRECHT
Eight Oxford Lectures. Introduction by Dame Ninette De Valois. With drawings by William Chappell. Pp. xii+148, frontispiece, plus 16 plates, text figures, pictorial tailpieces, short bibliography, appendices, index; two-tone cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves foxed; Oxford... More about THE BALLET IN BRITAIN