The (American) Ballet Theatre. Programme book for the Coast to Coast tour 1945-1946. Cover design by Marc Chagall. Published by Program Publications Inc, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. Folds to the edge of the bottom right-hand corner (without loss); generally in very good condition. Many photographic illustrations of artists, stage designs, etc. lists current repertoire - including Jerome Robbins’/Leonard Bernstein’s “Fancy Free”, choreographers, composers, a who’s who, books on ballet, recordings of ballet music, and an article by Jerome Robbins. An interesting record of the early days of this important company, which was launched in 1940.