Dance Index: Volume 5, Number 9: September, 1946

Dance Index - Ballet Caravan Incorporated, 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (large). Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L059700

Slight soiling, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges. [3], 208-227, [1] pages (including wrappers). Issue devoted to the article 'Birth of the Waltz' by Paul Nettl; notable for the period illustrations (including the lower wrapper facsimile of the beginning of 'The Waltz: An Apostrophic Hymn. By Horace Hornem, esq.' (i.e. Lord Byron) in its original 1813 printing (first 10 lines; from a copy in the New York Public Library). Introductory comment by Marian Eames; includes musical examples as well as bibliographical references. Rare in any condition.Over 20 b/w Illustrations (including facsimiles); Few Musical Examples.

Price: $40.00