The Royal Ballet : The First Fifty Years : Alexander Bland

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A good, clean, First Edition copy of "The Royal Ballet : The First Fifty Years", by the highly regarded ballet critic Alexander Bland, with foreword by Dame Ninette de Valois, published by Doubleday and Company of Garden City, New York in 1981. During their first fifty years, the two Royal Ballet Companies, based on the Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells Theatre, presented over three hundred and fifty productions. Their repertoire ranging from nineteenth-century classics to works by the most celebrated choreographers of the twentieth century. This volume, containing many rarely seen photographs, charts the progress and celebrates the success of The Royal Ballet since it's inception in 1931. Hard covers, large format, 320 pages, black and white illustrations plus some fine full colour plates, original dust jacket, { now rather untidy }. Ref. TRBTFFYAB/D4. PACKING, INSURANCE AND SHIPPING VIA ROYAL MAIL TRACKED / SIGNED FOR EXPRESS AIRFREIGHT ~ WITHIN MAINLAND U.K. ~ FREE OF CHARGE ~ WITHIN REST OF E.U. ~ $30.00 USD ~ REST OF THE WORLD ~ $35.00 USD