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Image for S. SORINE. Portraits. First edition, full morocco binding. Berlin, 1929. #2

Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance

SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON

Portraits

£5,950

Famous portraits luxuriously bound and with provenance
SORINE, Savely [Savelii Abramovich SORIN] (artist) and André SALMON. Portraits.
Published/created in: 1929

£5,950

A large, famous publication showing the rich and famous of the roaring twenties: an attractive example of this uncommon publication, coming from a descendant of some of the people portrayed. With the maximum number of plates.

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 ASHIK, A. Vosporskoe tsarstvo [Bosphorus Kingdom], first edition, Odessa, 1848-9. #2

Crimean Greek antiquities in red morocco

ASHIK, Anton Baltazarovich

Vosporskoe tsarstvo s ego paleograficheskimi i nadgrobnymi pamiatnikami, raspisnymi vazami, planami, kartami i vidami [The Bosphorus Kingdom and its Palaeographic Monuments and Tombstones, Painted Vases, Plans, Maps and Views]

£4,750

Crimean Greek antiquities in red morocco
ASHIK, Anton Baltazarovich. Vosporskoe tsarstvo s ego paleograficheskimi i nadgrobnymi pamiatnikami, raspisnymi vazami, planami, kartami i vidami. [The Bosphorus Kingdom and its Palaeographic Monuments and Tombstones, Painted Vases, Plans, Maps and Views]
Published/created in: 1848-1849

£4,750

The first significant work on the Greek antiquities on the Black Sea shores. A complete copy of this famous archeological book finely produced in Odessa, here in a luxurious binding. With unusual provenance.

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 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 HARDING and ALEXANDER. Costume of the Russian Empire. London, 1811 #1

With a focus on Siberian costumes

HARDING, E[dward] (publisher) [and William ALEXANDER]

Costume of the Russian Empire. Costume de l'empire russe. Illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings. Representé en plus de soixante-dix gravures superbement colorées

£2,500

With a focus on Siberian costumes
HARDING, E[dward] (publisher) [and William ALEXANDER]. Costume of the Russian Empire. Costume de l'empire russe. Illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings. Representé en plus de soixante-dix gravures superbement colorées.
Published/created in: 1811

£2,500

A lovely example of this famous hand-coloured costume book showing the wide variety of 'Russian' dresses, from Western Russia to Central and Eastern Siberia.

Image for KONDAKOV, Russian jewellery, Imperial copy of the first edition, Skt. Peterburg, 1896. #2

Ancient jewellery in the Grand Duke's library

KONDAKOV, Nikodim Pavlovich

Russkie klady. Issledovaniie drevnostei velikokniazheskogo perioda [Russian Treasures. A Study of Antiquities of the Grand Dukedom Period]. Vol. 1 [all published]

£6,500

Ancient jewellery in the Grand Duke's library
KONDAKOV, Nikodim Pavlovich. Russkie klady. Issledovaniie drevnostei velikokniazheskogo perioda. [Russian Treasures. A Study of Antiquities of the Grand Dukedom Period]. Vol. 1 [all published]
Published/created in: 1896

£6,500

Grand Duke Alexey's copy of the first scholarly work on ancient Russian jewelry: an excellent example of the first edition, finely illustrated.

Image for SAVVAITOV. Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezhd... First book edition. St. Petersburg, 1865. #2

Out of stock

How Boris Godunov dressed

SAVVAITOV, Pavel

Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezhd, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskago pribora [Description of Ancient Royal Utensils, Clothes, Weapons, Military Armour and Horse Gear]

How Boris Godunov dressed
SAVVAITOV, Pavel. Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezhd, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskago pribora. [Description of Ancient Royal Utensils, Clothes, Weapons, Military Armour and Horse Gear]
Published/created in: 1865

£1,450

A detailed research on the royal dresses of Russia before Peter the Great, especially during the 17th century, with extensive scholarly remarks and definitions. Finely illustrated, complete first edition; this copy interleaved. Scarce - no copies traced in the USA nor at auction outside Russia.

Image for V. PATS. Estonian National Dress and Design. First edition. Tallin, 1926. #2

Out of stock

By the brother of Estonia's first president

PÄTS, Voldemar

Eesti rahvariie ja ornament. Le vêtement estonien national et l'ornement. The Estonian National Dress and Design…

By the brother of Estonia's first president
PÄTS, Voldemar. Eesti rahvariie ja ornament. Le vêtement estonien national et l'ornement. The Estonian National Dress and Design….
Published/created in: 1926

£2,750

Fine example of this large, uncommon book, presenting beautiful ornaments in chromolithography.

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 [UKRAINE - TEXTILE] - Ukrainian Folk Art, 3rd Series. First edition, Poltava, 1912-13. #2

Out of stock

Rare illustrations of Ukrainian textile - from an art historian's family

[UKRAINE – TEXTILE]

Ukrainskoe narodnoe tvorchestvo [Ukrainian Folk Art]

Rare illustrations of Ukrainian textile - from an art historian's family
[UKRAINE - TEXTILE]. Ukrainskoe narodnoe tvorchestvo. [Ukrainian Folk Art]
Published/created in: 1912-13

£2,750

An excellent set of this series on the Ukrainian art of lace and textile decoration, richly illustrated. Very rare, on the market like in libraries. With fine literary and artistic provenance.

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 STASOV-STASSOFF, V. Russkii narodnyi ornament. L'ornement national russe. First edition, 1872. #2

Out of stock

Striking patterns in colour

STASOV – STASSOFF, V[ladimir Vasilievich]

Russkii narodnyi ornament. Vyp. 1: Shitie, tkani, kruzheva [All published] L'Ornement national russe. Première livraison. Broderies, tissus, dentelles

Striking patterns in colour
STASOV - STASSOFF, V[ladimir Vasilievich]. Russkii narodnyi ornament. Vyp. 1: Shitie, tkani, kruzheva [All published]. L'Ornement national russe. Première livraison. Broderies, tissus, dentelles
Published/created in: 1872

£2,250

The first significant study of Russian textile ornaments, richly illustrated, and still one of the most remarkable such works. First edition, complete.

Image for ADAM, L'Hippodrome au coin du feu, first edition, complete in boards. #2

Out of stock

Horses in colour in publisher's boards

L'hippodrome au coin du feu

Horses in colour in publisher's boards
ADAM, Victor. L'hippodrome au coin du feu.
Published/created in: [c. 1840]

£2,250

Complete in publisher's boards: rare so. An attractive work presenting plates of horse racing and other activities, in particular remarkable for its depictions of ladies racing.

Image for [BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, A. and J. COCTEAU. L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst. First edition, 1913. #2

Out of stock

Beautiful copy in its striking binding

[BAKST] – ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU

L'Art décoratif de Léon Bakst

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

£3,950

The earliest, largest and most impressive work on Bakst's striking art. A fine, fresh example, in its great art-déco binding.

Image for Zienkowicz, Costumes du peuple polonais, edition originale, 1841. #1

Out of stock

'Un Etat immolé mais une Nation indestructible'

ZIENKOWICZ, Leon Józef

Les Costumes du peuple polonais suivis d'une description exacte de ses moeurs de ses usages et de ses habitudes. Ouvrage pittoresque

'Un Etat immolé mais une Nation indestructible'
ZIENKOWICZ, Leon Józef. Les Costumes du peuple polonais suivis d'une description exacte de ses moeurs de ses usages et de ses habitudes. Ouvrage pittoresque.
Published/created in: 1841

£4,250

Celebrated book on Polish (and Ukrainian, Lithuanian etc.) costumes, especially interesting for its political text and context, often overlooked. Plates with attractive hand-colour - a fine example of the first edition.

Image for FAMIN, Musée royal de Naples. Paris, 1857. #1

Out of stock

The better edition, with hand-coloured plates

Musée royal de Naples. Peintures, Bronzes et Statues érotiques du Cabinet secret

The better edition, with hand-coloured plates
FAMIN, César. Musée royal de Naples. Peintures, Bronzes et Statues érotiques du Cabinet secret.
Published/created in: 1857

£675

A famous work, here in the expanded edition with 60 plates with original hand-colour.

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