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"The Stuttgart Story" by John Percival - ephemera"Wizardry in Wuerttemberg"9 x 12 inches, 2 pagesNoted British ballet critic John Percival died June 20, 2012 at his home in London. John wrote for Danceviewtimes for several years.John Percival was the main critic for the Times of London for decades. There is a very nice interview with him on Ballet.co.uk.Percival was one of the finest critics writing in recent years. He was a teacher by example. He could pack so much detail into six lines yet still keep the writing individual and vivid. I realized after I'd been writing for a few years that I'd subconsciously been using the structure of his full length reviews in Dance and Dancers, where he was a mainstay until that magazine ceased publication.He had a love of dance as keen as his eye, and an openness to all genres of dance that was rare in those days. He also had a way of being honest about a new struggling choreographer's work without pulverizing him with wit. He remained a strong voice in support of… Read More

London: The Illustrated London News, 1949. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 757 - 792. Features: Cover photo of Princess Elizabeth unveiling panels added to the Royal Artillery Memorial to commemorate gunners killed in the war 1939-1945; Page of photos illustrates the revival of an ancient English craft neglected since the middle ages - mead-making in Cornwall; Photo of Miss Anne Crawford naming "The Capitals Limited" train; The Gen. Assembly of the Church of Scotland - The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Edinburgh; Photos of South Africans playing Jukskei; Review of "Burma's Icy Mountains" by F. Kingdon-Ward; Royal scenes of Ulster welcoming the Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh; Photos of captured Russian train in Berlin; Personalities of the week include Sir Cyril Radcliffe, Lord Greene, Mr. John McCloy, Lord Hazlerigg, Gen. J Lawton Collins, Mr. David Bruce, the Earl of Strathmore, Gen. S.H. Van Spoor, Gen. Shanker… Read More

Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1943. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original dark green card wraps with a white paper label lettered in black affixed to the upper-left of the front panel. Crown 8vo. Printed on cream-wove paper, upper edges untrimmed, many pages still uncut. Signed by John Heath-Stubbs following his contribution. From the library of James Booth, former Professor of English at the University of Hull, biographer, editor and former colleague of Philip Larkin, with his pencilled name to the title page, and the publisher's perforated 'Complimentary Copy Not For Sale' notice to the margin of the same page. There are two small manuscript corrections to the final poem in the volume by the South African-born poet, David Wright (1920-1994), suggesting that this was his copy. A crisp, clean, near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The card wraps and label remain clean and sharp with a couple of diagonal creases to the lower… Read More