joseph marks iii (8 resultados)

Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition thus. SIGNED by the author. Bumped upper corner, else very good in marbled boards with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 99 pages; Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. Tremont, IL: Major Poets Press 1970. First Edition Magazine. Printed wrappers [about 5.25" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 31+ pages. Poet Percival R. Roberts III [who contributed a poem to this issue] has written his name ["PRRobertsIII"] and "p24" [referencing on which page his poem appears] to the upper right corner of the first page. Near fine copy with very light wear. bx298E.

Cloth. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: G+. 133 pp, the book and contents are very clean and solid, the dust jackewt has light wear and soil, this is a nice usable copy of this book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0871270633. Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Compilation of excerpts from "An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures" by Increase Mather and "A Cloud of Witnesses" by Cotton Mather. No dustjacket; bound in marled off-white boards with gold gilt lettering. Slight wear to corners and edges; small paper lift at base of spine; slight dustsoiling to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. 99pp. Slight rubbing and wear on the corners thus very good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Light tan cloth boards very good. Dust jacket fair. inch chip top right hand corner. Inch chip bottom left hand corner. The front of the dust jacket is almost loose from the spine. On the back side of the dust jacket is a large taped tearto the front of the dust jacket where the text is on the word Dance. Inscribed on the first front end paper by Jospeh Marks to his friends. Included with this book is two black and white photos of the author. The larger photo measures 5" x 3 1/2". , the smaller photo measures 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". Nice to have these real photos with the book. Also with the book is a postcard bent in half and signed on the inside of the post card by the author. Dated June 14, 1957. The historical study of Dance Education in America before 1900. Thirty-Three year old Joseph E. Marks III danced in the premiere performances of Ted Shawn's Minuet for Drums and Myura Kinch's Along Apointd Sands, but he is primarily a director of dance and drama and a teacher of dance and physical education. Borned and reared in Lexington, Kentucky, he was graduated from the Columbia Military Academy before beginning a three and a half year term in 1943 as a neuropsychiatric techincian in the U.S. Navy . He then studied at the American School of Ballet in New York with Shawn, Miss Kinch, Ruth St. Denis, Jose Limon, Margaret Craske and Danivola. He recieved his A.B. degree in dance and physical education from the University of Kentucky in 1950, and his M.S. degree from Springfield College the following year. He ran his own dance studio dance studio in Lexington in 1951-1952; was director of dance and drama for the Board of Park Commissioners, Gratz Park, Lexington, from 1951 to 1956; was director of physical edcucation and recreation at the Junior School of Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginjia, from September 1956, through May 1957; and has been house manager and maintenance super intendant of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts, every summer since 1948. An interesting book with a lot of personal items. Signed by Author(s).

Condición: VG. orig.boards, VG 24x15cm, (6), 99 pp " Including *An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing Drawn out of the Quiver of the Scriptures* by Increase Mather, (1685) ; Also *A Cloud of Witnesses* by Cotton Mather (ca.1700) With a bibliography of Anti - Dance Books (1685-1963)". The bibliography runs 13 pages.