1952 Book Club Edition - DANCE TO THE PIPER - Agnes De Mille - Hardback Biography Book

$10.00
$10.00
Sold Out

This is a 1952 Book Club Edition of DANCE TO THE PIPER By Agnes De Mille

Born into a family of successful playwrights and producers, Agnes de Mille was determined to be an actress. Then one day she witnessed the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, and her life was altered forever. Hypnotized by Pavlova’s beauty, in that moment de Mille dedicated herself to dance. Her memoir records with lighthearted humor and wisdom not only the difficulties she faced—the resistance of her parents, the sacrifices of her training—but also the frontier atmosphere of early Hollywood and New York and London during the Depression. “This is the story of an American dancer,” writes de Mille, “a spoiled egocentric wealthy girl, who learned with difficulty to become a worker, to set and meet standards, to brace a Victorian sensibility to contemporary roughhousing, and who, with happy good fortune, participated by the side of great colleagues in a renaissance of the most ancient and magical of all the arts.”


Published by Little, Brown, and Company on Hardback

Nonfiction, Memoir, Autobiography. 

Printed in the U.S.A.

 

CONDITION:

The Dust Jacket is in Good Condition and the Book is in Very Good Condition.

The DUST JACKET has signs of wear due to age, use, and storage; such as definite corner and edgewear, and spine wear. 

The BOOK itself only has minor corner and edgewear.

***PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS*** 

 

  BEFORE PURCHASE:

*** Please Review Our Shop Policies Before Completing Your Order. ***

This is a 1952 Book Club Edition of DANCE TO THE PIPER By Agnes De Mille

Born into a family of successful playwrights and producers, Agnes de Mille was determined to be an actress. Then one day she witnessed the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, and her life was altered forever. Hypnotized by Pavlova’s beauty, in that moment de Mille dedicated herself to dance. Her memoir records with lighthearted humor and wisdom not only the difficulties she faced—the resistance of her parents, the sacrifices of her training—but also the frontier atmosphere of early Hollywood and New York and London during the Depression. “This is the story of an American dancer,” writes de Mille, “a spoiled egocentric wealthy girl, who learned with difficulty to become a worker, to set and meet standards, to brace a Victorian sensibility to contemporary roughhousing, and who, with happy good fortune, participated by the side of great colleagues in a renaissance of the most ancient and magical of all the arts.”


Published by Little, Brown, and Company on Hardback

Nonfiction, Memoir, Autobiography. 

Printed in the U.S.A.

 

CONDITION:

The Dust Jacket is in Good Condition and the Book is in Very Good Condition.

The DUST JACKET has signs of wear due to age, use, and storage; such as definite corner and edgewear, and spine wear. 

The BOOK itself only has minor corner and edgewear.

***PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS*** 

 

  BEFORE PURCHASE:

*** Please Review Our Shop Policies Before Completing Your Order. ***

We take 1-2 Business days to ship your order.

We ONLY ship with USPS for the U.S. but ship with UPS and USPS internationally.

We accept returns up to 14 DAYS for NEW CLOTHING, anything after 14 days will NOT be accepted.

We DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS on any items that are PRE-OWNED or VINTAGE. ALL SALES ARE AS IS AND FINAL.

We do have a 10% Restocking Fee for any returns.

If a case should arise where we grossly misrepresent an item, please contact us.