The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920
by Propert, W. A., With a Chapter on the Music by Eugene Goossens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, 1921. #241 of 450 copies printed for sale in the United States. Features the works of Picasso, Derain, Matisse, and Bakst among others, as well as black and red avant-garde illustrations by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) throughout. Original quarter white cloth over marbled boards, top edge gilt, Very Good, white cloth darkened, boards rubbed at edges, lacking the slipcase. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, a lovely history of Sergei Diaghilev's Paris-based Ballets Russes, founded by him in 1909. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009225
- Title
- The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920
- Author
- Propert, W. A., With a Chapter on the Music by Eugene Goossens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- Tall 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; The Theatre; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.