{
  "full": "\n**HAVELOCK ELLIS. THE DANCE OF LIFE. 1929–1958. (ML 160)**  \n\n#### 180a. First printing (1929)  \n\n[within double rules] THE DANCE OF LIFE | [rule] | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | [rule] | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [*4*], [i–v] vi–xiv [xv–xvi], [*2*], [1] 2–363 [364–366]. [1–11]16 [12]16(16+1.2). *Note:* Pp. 363‑366 are an inserted fold.  \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Copyright,* 1923, *by* | Havelock Ellis | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1929, *by* | The Modern Library | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1929; [i–iii] FOREWORD TO NEW EDITION signed p. [iii]: Havelock Ellis. | London | *June,* 1929.; [iv] blank; [v]–xiv PREFACE signed p. xiv: H. E.; [xv] CONTENTS; [xvi] blank; [*1*] fly title; [*2*] blank; [1]–342 text; [343] part title: INDEX; [344] blank; [345]–363 INDEX; [364–366] blank.  \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination as 180a except: [364–370]. [1–12]16 [13]4. Contents as 180a except: [*2*] pub. note A7; [364] blank; [365–369] ML list; [370] ML Giants list. (*Fall 1937*)  \n\n*Jacket:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1929*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 To classify *The Dance of Life* as a book of philosophy, as a spiritual autobiography or even as a book of personal affirmations does it scant justice. It is all of these and more. It is a book of aspiration, of growth and of revelation, written by a man who has partaken of life and contributed to its wisdom, grace and idealism. *The Dance of Life* may be considered the crowning achievement of Havelock Ellis’s life; it epitomizes his spirit and his work. (*Spring 1938*)  \n\nOriginally published in U.S. by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923. ML edition printed from Houghton Mifflin plates made from a new typesetting. Published September 1929. *WR* 26 October 1929. First printing: 15,000 copies. Discontinued 1 January 1959.  \n\nIn addition to the ML printing, the new plates were used for 1929 printings in Houghton Mifflin’s Riverside Library and the Book League of America. A revised index keyed to the new typesetting appears in ML and Book League of America printings but not the Riverside Library printing, which ends on p. 342, the last page of text. The Book League of America contents page lists the index while the ML’s doesn’t. Ellis’s new foreword is unique to ML printings.  \n\nThe ML paid Houghton Mifflin an undetermined advance against royalties on the first 50,000 copies. There was a second printing of 5,000 copies in March 1931; printings reached 50,000 copies by October 1945.  \n\n*The Dance of Life* ranked in the 3rd quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period, May 1942–October 1943. It was not among the 100 best-selling titles in the regular ML during the 12-month period, November 1951–October 1952.  \n\n#### 180b. Title page reset (1941)  \n\nTHE | DANCE | OF | LIFE | BY | HAVELOCK ELLIS | WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION | BY HAVELOCK ELLIS | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule]  \n\nPagination and collation as 180a variant. Contents as 180a except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY HAVELOCK ELLIS | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1929, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [364] blank; [365–369] ML list; [370] blank. (*Fall 1941*)  \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in deep blue (179) on cream paper with lettering and torchbearer in reverse against solid deep blue background. \n\n> Front flap as 180a. (*Fall 1941*) \n\n> Front flap reset with last sentence revised as follows: 
 “. . . Ellis’s long and productive life. It epitomizes his spirit and his work; it is the testament of a rich and generous mind.” Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. (*Fall 1954*)  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nEllis, *The New Spirit* (1921–1932) 85  \n\n",
  "id": "180",
  "year": "1929",
  "label": "HAVELOCK ELLIS. THE DANCE OF LIFE. 1929–1958. (ML 160)",
  "author": "HAVELOCK ELLIS",
  "title": "THE DANCE OF LIFE.",
  "date": "1929–1958.",
  "something": "ML 160",
  "revisions": [],
  "type": "book"
}