User:Champion/David Leonard (publisher)
David Leonard (born 22 December 1943) is a British publisher and bookseller.
He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol, and the University of Exeter where he worked initially as a librarian, but joined Dance Books in 1967, soon rising to the position of managing director. He initiated the company's publishing project in 1971 with a reprint of Marius Petipa's autobiography and has since published more than 200 books covering virtually all aspects of dance.
In 2009 he founded the Noverre Press, a reprint company specialising in short runs of obscures titles. [1][2] [3] [4]
References
- ^ http://www.dancebooks.co.uk/about-us-z-1.html
- ^ http://www.ballet.co.uk%2Fmagazines%2Fyr_02%2Fnov02%2Fbig_on_the_ad_0101.htm&ei=iO8JUNKeFYXb0QWe5JTDCg&usg=AFQjCNGhnGCtLEj5LRLKG7F3GWD5tsU5rA
- ^ http://www.ballet.co.uk%2Fdcforum%2Fnews%2F4900.html&ei=iO8JUNKeFYXb0QWe5JTDCg&usg=AFQjCNGVuVWZP963SBRrA5-TPkCBygUm2w
- ^ http://www.ballet.co.uk%2Fmagazines%2Fyr_99%2Foct99%2Fyear_1986.htm&ei=iO8JUNKeFYXb0QWe5JTDCg&usg=AFQjCNGUuH6sbW52r4_wAj5H-IBj_KKWQw