SHAWN THE DANCER
A.S. Barnes and Company, 1933. Item #1229
DREIER, Katherine S. SHAWN THE DANCER. Foreword by H. Niedecken-Gebhard. Introduction by Hans Hildebrande. Reproductions of Photographs by Ralph Hawkins, Rudolf, Robertson, Binder, Does, Hirano, Mortensen, Townsend, Hiller, Muray, Sunami, Snyder, White Studios, Selby Studios, Bigelow and Arthur Kales. NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1933. Quarto, silver-gray cloth in the original dust jacket. First Edition. Edwin Myers Shawn (Ted Shawn) was one of the great male pioneer dancers and founded Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts- the longest-running summer dance festival in the United States. Signed by Shawn on the front endpaper. Near fine (text clean & tight); few several-inch tears (internally repaired using professional archival tape) but no chips (tiny stain) d/j. The dust jacket is fragile and difficult to come by, especially in decent shape! $250.00.
Price: $250.00