johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 227 p. Numerous textual photographs and illustrations. "Examines how the original swing style of the 1920s, the Lindy Hop, branched out and evolved with the changing dynamics of popular culture, paralleling the development of the nation." A volume in The American Dance Floor series. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tamara Stevens to dancer Cliff Gewecke on the half-title: "Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to this book. Your thoughts + memories added tremendously to the final product." Additionally inscribed by Erin Stevens and six noted swing dancers, including Ray Phelps, Jean Veloz, Jack Carey, and Freda Wyckoff. Octavo. Original pictorial boards; issued without a dust jacket. Small crease to the bottom corner of p.xi-xii; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 64026

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. ".significantly advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing valuable biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize black dance as a serious art form." Octavo: 284 p. with textual photographs. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 74756

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited by Edwin Corle. Profusely illustrated. Recollections of Merle Armitage (1893-1975), founder and manager of the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association, then the manager of Philharmonic Auditorium, including his impressions of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Diaghileff, Nijinsky, Pavlova, Stravinsky, Balanchine, and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Armitage to Edwin Lester (1895-1990), the longtime general director of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, which he founded in 1938, on the front flyleaf. Quarto. Original blue paper-covered boards over a blue cloth spine with gilt titles. Faint staining to the bottom edge. Minor fading and wear to the extremities of the boards. The dust jacket is browned along the spine and folds, with a bit of general shelfwear; else very good. Inscribed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 62827