Russia
[BALLET] - SVETLOV, Valerien [pseudonym of V. Y. IVCHENKO].
Thamar Karsavina.
Cyril W. Beaumont, London, 1922. 4to (31 x 21 cm). [8], 149 pp., 17 plates of paintings and drawings after Natalya Goncharova among others, some hand-coloured, 15 mounted plates of "camera portraits", vignettes and decorations in text by Claude Lovat Fraser, coloured by hand. Original vellum-backed orange and ivory decorated boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; uncut, with the ex-libris of Howard L. Spohn pasted on front endpaper.
AN EXCELLENT, UNCUT COPY OF THIS LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, HAND-COLOURED AND SIGNED BY KARSAVINA, the prima ballerina for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1885-1978). This copy belongs to the limited edition and bears the number 76 out of 120.
Price: £ 1250
US Dollar Price: $ 2480
Stock Number: 72075