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Image for BARBIER & VAUDOYER. Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina. First edition. Paris, 1914. #2

With the plates in beautiful, fresh condition

BARBIER, George (artist) and Jean-Louis VAUDOYER

Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina

£3,950

With the plates in beautiful, fresh condition
BARBIER, George (artist) and Jean-Louis VAUDOYER. Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina.
Published/created in: 1914

£3,950

Fine example of the first edition. Barbier, a great art-deco artist and illustrator, celebrates here one of the star dancers of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - a beautiful production in appealing condition.

Image for GONCHAROVA & LARIONOV. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne. First edition, Paris, 1919. #2

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs

GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH

L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne

£10,000

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs
GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne.
Published/created in: 1919

£10,000

Fine complete copy of the first, limited edition. With beautiful plates by the two Russian avant-garde artists working for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris, some of these illustrations large and strikingly colourful.

Image for GEISSLER, GRUBER & RICHTER. Russian Folk Amusements. First edition, Leipzig 1801. Complete with hand-coloured plates #2

Partying in late 18th-c. Russia

GEISSLER, [Christian Gottfried Heinrich], J.G. GRUBER and J. RICHTER

Russische Volke-Vergnügungen [Russian Folk Amusements]

£5,750

Partying in late 18th-c. Russia
GEISSLER, [Christian Gottfried Heinrich], J.G. GRUBER and J. RICHTER. Russische Volke-Vergnügungen. [Russian Folk Amusements]
Published/created in: [1801]

£5,750

Very rare large-format plates in striking colours, by a master of the genre. Last copy traced on the market: in 1931, incomplete.

Image for OPERA & COSTUMES. A Collection of Costume designs. 1940s #2

Glitter, colours and traditions

[OPERA COSTUMES IN UKRAINE AND AZERBAIJAN]

Collection of Costume Designs for Opera and Ballet

£3,950

Glitter, colours and traditions
[OPERA COSTUMES IN UKRAINE AND AZERBAIJAN]. Collection of Costume Designs for Opera and Ballet.
Published/created in: [1940s]

£3,950

From Ukraine to Azerbaijan: a rich and unusual group of watercolour costumes for various operas given in theatres of these countries.

Image for PICASSO, GONCHAROVA, LARIONOV etc. Grand Bal Travesti - Transmental. First edition, Paris, 1923. #2

The complete set

LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others

Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]

£1,950

The complete set
LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill].
Published/created in: 1923

£1,950

Lovely gathering of three 'ephemera' items produced for the first Russian ball of the avant-garde in Paris - an eclectic show with music and dances in newly designed costumes. With Larionov's ticket, Goncharova's handbill and the famous programme with many artistic contributions.

Image for COCTEAU & IRIBE. Vaslav Nijinsky. First edition, Paris, 1910. #2

Art-deco elegance at its best

IRIBE, Paul (artist) and Jean COCTEAU

Vaslav Nijinsky

£1,500

Art-deco elegance at its best
IRIBE, Paul (artist) and Jean COCTEAU. Vaslav Nijinsky.
Published/created in: [1910]

£1,500

Excellent example of this classic celebration of the star of Diaghilev's Ballets russes. First edition.

Image for BALLETS RUSSES: BARBIER and YORKE, Three works, First editions, 1913-20. #2

Dancing stars in more than 30 pochoir plates and attractively bound

BARBIER, George, and Arabella YORKE (artists), Jean-Louis VAUDOYER, Francis de MIOMANDRE and Cyril BEAUMONT

Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina [BOUND WITH] The Art of Lydia Lopokova [BOUND WITH] Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky

£12,500

Dancing stars in more than 30 pochoir plates and attractively bound
BARBIER, George, and Arabella YORKE (artists), Jean-Louis VAUDOYER, Francis de MIOMANDRE and Cyril BEAUMONT. Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina [BOUND WITH] The Art of Lydia Lopokova [BOUND WITH] Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky.
Published/created in: 1914, 1920 and 1913

£12,500

Scarce gathering of Yorke's beautiful and rare publication and both Barbier's 'albums', all bound at the time in a fine blue calf signed binding - a fine volume indeed.

Image for L. BAKST. Feia kukol. First edition of the postcards, 1904. #2

Charming ballet costumes in postcards

Feia kukol [La Fée des poupées]

£2,750

Charming ballet costumes in postcards
BAKST, Leon. Feia kukol. [La Fée des poupées]
Published/created in: 1904

£2,750

A complete set of these lovely postcards showing ballet costumes by the master of the genre, who would later be central to Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes'.

Image for FOSSATI & BARATTI. Currus triumphales..., First edition, in colour; Venice, 1782. #2

Russians in Venice, celebrated with merchants, peoples of the world and bullfighting

FOSSATI, Giorgio and Domenico, [with] Antonio BARATTI

Currus triumphales ad adventum clarissimorum Moschoviae principum Pauli Petrovitz et Mariae Theodorownae conjugis regali orandum spectaculo in Divi Marci venetiarum foro die 22 Januarii anno MDCCLXXXI

£22,500

Russians in Venice, celebrated with merchants, peoples of the world and bullfighting
FOSSATI, Giorgio and Domenico, [with] Antonio BARATTI. Currus triumphales ad adventum clarissimorum Moschoviae principum Pauli Petrovitz et Mariae Theodorownae conjugis regali orandum spectaculo in Divi Marci venetiarum foro die 22 Januarii anno MDCCLXXXI.
Published/created in: [1782]

£22,500

Fine and scarce Italian "livre de fêtes" with beautiful contemporary colour - with an added suite of prints related to the same event, the Venitian reception of the future Tsar of Russia.

Image for LEVINSON, A. Bakst: The Story of the Artist's Life. First edition, copy num. 1; Berlin, 1923. #1

Copy Number 1

[BAKST] – LEVINSON, André

Bakst: the Story of the Artist's Life

£4,250

Copy Number 1
[BAKST] - LEVINSON, André. Bakst: the Story of the Artist's Life.
Published/created in: 1923

£4,250

The most celebrated artist of the Ballets Russes, celebrated here in this beautiful production - of which it is the copy num. 1 out of only 315 printed for the UK.

Image for BAKST, LEVINSON, A. Sleeping Princess, first edition, 1923. #1

Very clean, in the publisher's slipcase

[BAKST] – LEVINSON, André

The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess

£1,950

Very clean, in the publisher's slipcase
[BAKST] - LEVINSON, André. The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess.
Published/created in: 1923

£1,950

One of the great books on Bakst' talent - the only one devoted to a specific ballet. A copy remarkable for its cleanliness, especially of the fragile original binding.

Image for Diaghilev, Autograph Letter Signed, to Hebertot, 1924. #1

Diaghilev collecting debts

DIAGHILEV, Serge

Autograph letter, signed, to "cher Directeur" [Jacques Hébertot]

£3,950

Diaghilev collecting debts
DIAGHILEV, Serge. Autograph letter, signed, to "cher Directeur" [Jacques Hébertot].
Published/created in: 24 June 1924

£3,950

Very good autograph letter by Diaghilev, the celebrated founder of the Ballets Russes. With his bold signature, which is rarely found.

Image for [BAKST]. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst. First edition, Paris, 1913. In excellent condition #2

Out of stock

Exceptionally clean copy in its striking binding

[BAKST] – ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU

L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst

Exceptionally clean copy in its striking binding
[BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst.
Published/created in: 1913

£3,950

The most impressive of the "Bakst books", published at an early date and here in a beauticul copy.

Image for BAKST, L. Inedited works. First edition, New York, 1927 #2

Out of stock

In luminous pochoir with silver highlights

[BAKST] – REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER

Inedited Works of Bakst

In luminous pochoir with silver highlights
[BAKST] - REAU, Louis, Denis ROCHE, Valerian SVETLOV and A. TESSIER. Inedited Works of Bakst.
Published/created in: 1927

£3,250

Among the best representations of Bakst's costumes for the Ballets Russes, especially remarkable for its pochoir technique. A lovely copy of the first edition.

Image for KRUCHININ & GOLSHTEIN. Chocolate Kiddies, Foxtrot. First edition, Moscow, 1927. #2

Out of stock

Black foxtrot in Soviet Union

KRUCHININ, Valentin (composer) and E. GOLSHTEIN (artist)

Shokoladnye rebiata. Muzyka fox-trot [Chocolate Kiddies. Fox-Trot Music]

Black foxtrot in Soviet Union
KRUCHININ, Valentin (composer) and E. GOLSHTEIN (artist). Shokoladnye rebiata. Muzyka fox-trot. [Chocolate Kiddies. Fox-Trot Music]
Published/created in: 1927

£1,250

Great, large-format cover design for this rare foxtrot music composed by a Russian composer in the early years of the Soviet Union.

Out of stock

Inscribed to Proust's Russian-born friend

BARBIER, George (artist) and Jean-Louis VAUDOYER

Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina

Inscribed to Proust's Russian-born friend
BARBIER, George (artist) and Jean-Louis VAUDOYER. Album dédié à Tamar Karsavina.
Published/created in: 1914

£4,950

A classic Ballets-Russes work inscribed to a Russian-born Parisian lady, while she was helping Proust publishing the beginning of his 'Recherche': a fine example of the first edition of this famous work.

Image for LIFAR, S. Diagilev i s Diagilevym. First edition, large-paper copy, Paris, 1939. #1

Out of stock

Exceptionally large paper - inscribed

Diagilev i s Diagilevym [Diaghilev, and with Diaghilev]

Exceptionally large paper - inscribed
LIFAR, Serge. Diagilev i s Diagilevym. [Diaghilev, and with Diaghilev]
Published/created in: 1939

£4,750

A bibliophile's pleasure (and definitely Lifar was one!): an extra-large paper copy of his standard work on Diaghilev, one of 15 ad nominem copies, warmly inscribed to the wife of a leading Russian publisher and bookdealer in Paris. An exceptional example.

Image for GLADKY, S. & A. SALMON. Synthese du costume theatral. First edition, Paris, 1927. #2

Out of stock

Cubist theatrical impressions

GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON

Synthèse du costume théâtral

Cubist theatrical impressions
GLADKY, Serge (artist, also Serhii HLADKY) and André SALMON. Synthèse du costume théâtral.
Published/created in: 1927

£7,750

One of only 170 copies of this beautiful album of fresh and striking plates. In a fine modern binding.

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