Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1958. First edition. Signed memoir from the important American dancer and choreographer, who has penned an inscription to Paul McMahon on the title page. 301 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket with a small loss to the back; overall fine. 6 x 8.5 inches. Read More...
Vervieres: Gerard & Co.. 1955. Signed volume on the British ballerina and choreographer, inscribed on p. 5 to Paul McMahon. In French. 46 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Softcover. Partial split to the spine and light shelf wear; overall very good. 5 x 7.25 inches (13.2 x 18.5 cm). Read More...
London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd.. 1943. Volume on the Australian ballet dancer, actor, director and choreographer. Black and white photographs throughout. Lengthy gift inscription from one "Lewis" to one "Grace" to the front free endpaper. Hardcover, only one flap of dust jacket remaining. Overall fine. 7.5 x 10 inches. Read More...
Moscow: A. B. Gutheil. [ca. 1870]. Arrangement for solo piano of Alexander Serov's opera Rogneda (1865). [PN] A. 2480 G. 133 pp. Softcover. Serge Lifar collection stamp and further stamps to the title page. Wear and some losses to front wrapper; tape repairs to spine and wrapper; overall very good. Read More...
Singed photograph of the two stars together in the 1941 musical film Louisiana Purchase. Both have signed on the image in blue ink. Press caption at the foot of the image and further typed caption on the verso. Light warping and some edge and surface wear; overall very good. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.8 cm). Read More...
Large original John Lindquist photograph of the Danish dancer and choreographer who would later become ballet master in chief of the New York City Ballet, signed and inscribed to Paul McMahon. Martins is shown dancing, shirtless, against a white background. Stamped and signed on the verso by photographer John Lindquist. Slightly warped, with a small area of soiling at the right; overall very good. 11 x 14 inches (27.8 x 35.5 cm). Read More...
Two signed photographs from the Spanish dance partnership Rosario y Antonio. One photograph shows the duo in a flamenco duet and is signed and inscribed by Rosario; the other shows Antonio alone in a flamenco costume and is signed and inscribed by him. Both stamped on the verso by Sol Hurok. Fine. 9.25 x 11.75 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm) and 9 x 12.5 inches (23.3 x 31.8 cm). Read More...
Signed photograph of the Soviet-Russian prima ballerina, considered by the 1981 History of Dance "the finest ballerina of her generation in the West." She has signed and inscribed across the image to Paul McMahon. A clipped biography is mounted on the verso. Fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.7 x 25.5 cm). Read More...
Large group of signed promotional photographs from the principal ballerinas of the Bolshoi Ballet on their second tour of the United States in 1962. Included are signed photographs of: Nicolai Fadeyechev and Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake; Ekaterina Maximova in Giselle; Ekaterina Maximova and Stainslov Vlasov in the pas de deux "Spring Waters" (signed by Maximova only); Natalia Ryzhenko; Maya Samokhvalova in Gayane; Nina Timofeyeva in Swan Lake; Nina Sorokina in Chopiniana; Natalia Bessmertnova in Giselle; Nina Sorokina in the pas de deux "Flames of Paris"; and Natalia Bessmertnova in an unidentified role. Each photograph stamped on the verso by Sol Hurok and with a typewritten caption identifying the dancer and role. Some light edge wear; overall fine. Each ca. 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Read More...
Original Michel Petit signed photograph of the French dancer and pedagogue as Petrouchka. He has signed and inscribed across the image to Paul McMahon. Stamped on the verso by the photographer. Very light corner wear; overall fine. 7.75 x 9 inches (17.4 x 23 cm). Read More...
Signed photograph of the American actress, dancer, and singer, who is shown mid-jump in a dance role onstage. She has signed and inscribed over her bare leg: "To Paul / All thanks / Chita Rivera / 1967." Very fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.7 x 25.4 cm). Read More...
Signed photograph from the the Soviet-born ballerina, choreographer, director, and actress who embodied the Bolshoi Theater in the second half of the twentieth century. She is shown in street clothes, coming out of a stage door with a bouquet of flowers in her arms, and has signed and inscribed at the left to Paul McMahon. Double weight photograph with some light buckling at the left; overall fine. 10 x 8 inches (25.3 x 20.4 cm). Read More...