Degas and the Dance, Harry N. Abrams, 2002, Very Good+ hardcover w/dust jacket

DeVonyar, Jill, and Richard Kendall. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002.

English, Very Good+, HC, 4to, 12" x 9 7/8", 303 pp.

ISBN: 0810932822

Hardcover in maroon cloth. Slight cocking to spine and minor spots of soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge of pages 57-70, not affecting text. Very Good+ pictorial dust jacket, minor wear to tips and top edge, now in Mylar. 303 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color reproductions of French modern artist Edgar Degas' work, including his paintings, sketches, drawings, and other related photographs and images. From inside the dust jacket: "Richly illustrated and expertly researched and written, Degas and the Dance illuminates the world of nineteenth-century ballet and the life of a great artist who was obsessed by his subject...The text and illustrations range across a variety of fascinating topics, including Degas' predecessors and contemporaries, the ballerinas he knew, the nature of classroom training, and the ballet repertoire in his day." Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name starting at the Detroit Institute of Arts from October 20, 2002 to May 11, 2003.