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BAKST, Léon, & others - PROPERT, W. A. The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920.London : 1921
First and limited edition, number 234 of 500 copies for sale in Great Britain. The plates represent the work of all of the major contributors to the early productions of the Ballets Russes - including many of the key artists of the period: Picasso, Derain, Matisse, Sert and, on the Russian side, Bakst, Goncharova, Benois, Fedorovskiy, Golovin, Larionov,... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 118960
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DRUSKIN, Mikhail Semenovich. Ocherki po istorii tantseval'noi muzyki [Essays on the history of Dance Music].Leningrad : 1936
First and only edition. One of 3500 copies. Uncommon, just 14 copies on WorldCat. This is the first systematic work on dance music in Russian, which includes notable early criticism of Shostakovich's ballets. Mikhail Druskin (1905-1991), Soviet musicologist, was responsible for a wide range of cultural-historical publications, also working as a broadcaster.... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 126481
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HASSE, Johann Adolph. The Comic Tunes &c.London : 1741
First edition of the first volume of what became a highly popular eight-volume series printed over 20 years, and representing important documentation of the role of Italian dancers in London theatres in the mid-18th century."For just over two decades in the middle of the eighteenth century the firm of John Walsh sporadically published booklets of music... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 134786
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BAKST, Leon - LEVINSON, André. Bakst. The Story of the Artist's Life.London : 1923
First UK edition, number 157 of 300 copies, of this handsome and important record of Bakst's work, including images of not only his most celebrated costumes, but also sketches and theatre settings. From the library of a celebrated Texas balletomane: with the crested bookplate of Thomas Lawton Osborn (1927-2010), trustee of Houston Ballet, former professional... Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 144128
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DESMOND, Olga. Rhythmographik (Tanznotenschrift)Leipzig : 1919
First edition, number 72 of 150 deluxe copies on handmade paper, this copy signed by Desmond after the preface. Berlin dancer and model Olga Desmond (1890-1964) shot to fame when she took her Schönheitsabende ("Beauty-Evenings"), in which she and her troupe struck classical poses in the nude or wearing only bodypaint, to the Russian stage in St Petersburg.... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 124929
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NIJINSKY, Vaslav - COCTEAU, Jean, & Paul Iribe. Vaslav Nijinsky. Six Vers de Jean Cocteau. Six Dessins de Paul Iribe.Paris : 1910
First edition, limited to 1,000 copies on Japon, this one of 934 standard copies, inscribed by the illustrator recto of the limitation leaf; "A Madame Suzanne Süe, son admirateur et son ami respecueux, Paul Iribe, Août 1910". Cocteau's pair of Nijinsky-inspired poetic triplets are broken down into single lines as "captions" to Iribe's Beardsleyesque... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 136928
