Drawings and Water Colors for The Ballet by Lassaigne, Jacques; Marc Chagall - 1969

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Folio (14 x 10 1/2"). 155, (1)pp. Text in English. Illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on blue spine., over gray-green cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. In addition to the color lithograph, created by Chagall for this edition, this work is illustrated throughout with color plates (many double-page). Dust jacket with small crease at top fore-corner and several small chips at edges. This exquisite work contains Marc Chagall's original designs for "Aleko," "The Firebird" and "Daphnis and Chloe." Fernand Mourlot printed the color plates and the original lithograph.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1969. First American edition. Hardcover. very good + to near fine/near fine. Folio (14 x 10 1/2"). 155, (1)pp. Text in English (but with the original illustrated dust-jacket in French), white lettering on spine, over gray-green cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Housed in the publisher's orignal cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece and illustrated title page in color. The binding, in otherwise fine condition, has a hint of sunning at the top and bottom edges of the spine and the partially sun-faded slipcase is slightly bumped at foot of spine. This exquisite work contains Marc Chagall's original designs for "Aleko, "The Firebird" and "Daphnis and Chloe." Fernand Mourlot printed the color plates and the original lithograph.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 155 pp. illus. 37cm. Folio. Hardcover. Publisher's original oatmeal colored cloth over boards, lettering to spine in gilt. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: salt and pepper nics to edges, two faint laminate bruises to hinge of upper cover, tail of spine with pea sized frazzle. Slipcase just about as nice an example as we've ever seen, color fading only just at the very edges, integrity of enclosing structure holding nicely. Binding super sound; textblock pristine and unmarked, with 68 color plates (many double paged) and original lithograph printed by Fernand Mourlot bound-in at front of book. Included are the original designs, costumes, decors, sets, and sketches for the various dancers, magicians, monsters, and peasants. Original lithograph frontispiece created for this book (Mourlot 581) is bright and unmarked, without the wavyness that sometimes plagues this title.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Bound in gray/beige cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. In dust jacket with light wear to corners and spine. Illustrated with 68 color plates and an original color lithograph by Chagall portraying a dancer, a flute player and a faun. Color plates and lithograph printed by Mourlot. Small name on second endpaper. Contents including the lithograph in very fine condition. In the original card slipcase that is discolored. 155 pp., 36 x 27 cm..

New York: Tudor Publishing [1969]. (Folio hardcover) 155pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 68 reproductions in full color, with an original color lithograph by Chagall created especially for this edition. The covers are sunned along the top and bottom edges, the dust jacket has some edgewear and minor tears including a small chip from the top of the spine, also there is a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Art of Marc Chagall. (Art, Aleko--Ballet, Ballet, Daphnis and Chloe--Ballet, Firebird (Ballet), The).

Tudor Pub. Co. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Taupe cloth cover is rubbed on headcap otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Crease in lower corner of front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Includes original lithograph in pristine condition. Dust jacket has light shelf rubbing along top and bottom edge but near pristine. In original slipcase which is heavily toned but clean. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 155 pages .