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Ballet: Wonderful collection in 6 albums, with photographs…
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Melbourne
Date:
15-Dec-2009
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Ballet: Wonderful collection in 6 albums, with photographs (113), postcards (260), press and magazine pictures and programmes, with over 100 autographs, noted Dame Margot Fonteyn (17), Sir Robert Helpmann (19), Margaret Dale (5), Pamela May (6), John Hart (7), Mary Honer (12), Moyra Fraser, Julia Farron (4), Joy Newton, beryl grey (3), David Palthengi, Michael Somes (5), June Br' (3), Frederick Ashton (4), Alan Carter (4), Claude Newmann, Deryk Mendl, Helena Wolska, Molly Lake, John field, Alexis Rassine, Bunty Kelley, Peggy van Praagh, Celia Franca, Ninette de Valois, Harold turner; some other entertainers including Al Bowlly, Billy cotton (2), Vivien Leigh, chips Rafferty, Frankie Vaughan, Eric Portman, Fabian of the Yard & Arthur Askey. Also includes the book 'The Vic-Wells Ballet' by Anthony (London, 1938) with 39 signatures throughout. (A fabulous collection; the vendor's mother was wardrobe mistress for several well-known ballet companies in the 1930s & 1940s, and her father was a costume designer/maker). Viewing highly recommended
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Printed & Written Material: Postcards