Russia
[BALLET] - ANTHONY, Gordon (photographer).
Russian Ballet. Camera studies. With an Introduction by Arnold Haskell.
Richard Clay & Co. for Geoffrey Bles, London, 1939. Large 4to (ca. 31.8 x 24.7 cm). 96 black and white photographs tipped in, including frontispiece; dedication inscription on front fly-leaf, dated 31st March, 1955. Original blue and white buckram, spine lettered in gilt.
96 PHOTOGRAPHS OF RUSSIAN BALLET STARS: A FINE COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, one of 100 copies only. Anthony was one of the period's great ballet photographers. He includes in this work, among others, portraits of Dyaghilev company's celebrated choreographer Michael Fokine and the first photographs of Serge Lifar.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1490
Stock Number: 71754