Edwin Denby, Looking at the Dance, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1949, First Edition Antique, HC, Good

Denby, Edwin. New York. Pellegrini & Cudahy. 1949. English, First Edition, Good, HC, 4to, 6” x 8 ⅝,” 432 pp. Black woven cloth over boards, gilt stamped titling and pattern to spine, deckle edge pages, some pages uncut, in publisher’s textured dust jacket, beige text to black background at front and spine, beige pattern to spine, black text to beige background at back, black text to beige inside gate flaps, machine not price clipped front flap. Mild age toning, mild soiling to top edge of pages, very minor edgewear, minor soiling mark to front, minor pencil marks to p. 410-413, 1” tear to second “Contents” page, mild fading to top edge, otherwise clean, tightly bound, and excellent. In Good publisher’s dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild chipping to top and bottom edges, mild edgewear, mild sunning to top edge, minor soiling to back, very mild shelfwear to front and back, otherwise good. 432 pp. Replete with black-and-white images. Looking at the Dance contains Denby