Verlag: Dortmund Harenberg, 1983
ISBN 10: 3883793884 ISBN 13: 9783883793887
Anbieter: Neusser Buch & Kunst Antiquariat, Neuss, NRW, Deutschland
0. 18 cm. 184 S., zahlr. Ill. (z.T. farb.). kart. Einband mit geringen gebrauchssp., ansonsten sehr guter Zustand. Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher ; Nr. 388. Sprache: Deutschu 0,400 gr.
Verlag: Dortmund: Harenberg,, 1983
ISBN 10: 3883793884 ISBN 13: 9783883793887
Anbieter: Antiquariat J. Hünteler, Hamburg, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Kl.-8°, kartoniert. Zustand: Gut. 184 Seiten, zahlreiche Illustrationen, 18cm, Einband an den Kanten minimal bestoßen, sonst sauberes Exemplar A7939 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 279.
Verlag: David Leonard, 2021
ISBN 10: 1914311299 ISBN 13: 9781914311291
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: LondonBenn Brothers Limited ., 1923
Anbieter: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. LIMITED EDITION (1000). This copy numbered 246 out of 500 copies for the USA, from an overall limitation of 1000. Large folio. (39 x 29 cm). Publisher's original vellum backed clue cloth boards, spine with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in a custom-made tan buckram slipcase. Two colour vignettes, 54 full-page colour plates (one folding) by Bakst with captioned tissue-guards, and a full-page lithograph portrait of Léon Bakst by Pablo Picasso. Some occasional light foxing, light soiling to vellum and cloth, generally a very good copy. This famous work, finely produced, is a record of Bakst's extensive contribution to Diaghilev's revival of La Belle au Bois Dormant at the Alhambra Theatre in London in 1921. It shows Bakst's sets and costumes, which present a beautiful mix of his early Russian inspiration and 18th-c. French tradition. The work is prefaced by an 18-page introduction by Levinson regarding Bakst and Tchaikovsky's ballet. Diaghilev's production was so lavish (and not so successful) that it nearly bankrupted him. One of the ballerinas, Lydia Lopokova, was noticed by a member of the audience, who repeatedly came to see her: this was John Maynard Keynes. Lopokova soon became Mrs. Keynes, later Baroness and spent the rest of her long life in England. The first French edition published the previous year (1922).
Verlag: Maurice de Brunoff, Paris, 1922
Anbieter: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Paperback. Zustand: g to g+. Limited First edition. 1/500. Folio. [8], 21, [3]pp (text), 54 leaves (plates). Uncut. Original glassine on decorative and printed dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Book housed in its original decorative green paper covered slipcase, with gold lettering and decoration on spine and along joints. Raised bands. Limitation page signed by both Léon Bakst and Editor Maurice de Brunhoff. Color illustration pasted on title page. Stunning lithographic frontispiece portrait of Bakst after a drawing by Picasso. Decorative head-, tailpiece, and initial. In 1921, the opportunity arose for Sergei Diaghilev, the renown Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, to present Tchaikovski's "La Belle au Bois Dormant" at the Alhambra Theatre, in London using the notes that the Ballet Master Nicholas Sergeyev had kept from pre-Revolutionary Russia. It was to be a production of great magnificence designed by Léon Bakst, and the first time the typically Russian, full-length ballet (in five scenes) would be performed in England. Petipa's choreography, preserved through the use of Stepanov notation, was restaged by Nicolas Sergueev, stage manager for the Maryinski Theatre. Bronislava Nijinska, younger sister to Nijinski and also a dancer and choreographer, adjusted several enchaînements and supervised the whole show. Olga Spessivtseva was Aurora, Pierre Vladimirov, the Prince, and Lydia Lopokova alternated with Bronislava Nijinska in the role of the Lilac Fairy. Stanislav Idzikowski proved to be a brilliant Blue Bird. Carlotta Brianza, who had created the title role of Sleeping Beauty in 1890 in Saint Petersburg, played Carabosse this time. The superb scenery and costumes were designed by Léon Bakst. This stunning signed limited first edition contains the complete 54 mounted color plates depicting the exotic, sumptuous, and richly colored costumes and sets designed by Bakst for this memorable London performance. His ingenious designs, in conjunction with Diaghilev's radical and provocative choreography, helped revitalize ballet and lay the framework for modern interpretive dance. Each of the mounted color plates measures 15 1/4 x 11" (image appr. 10 1/2 x 6 3/4"), and is protected with a captioned tissue guard. One of 500 copies, of which this is No.358. Gold lettering and decoration partly faded on slipcase. Water staining on boards. Glassine age-toned and chipped at tail of spine. Creasing along dust-jacket's spine. Wrappers intact. Book block separating. 11 plates loose. Moderate and sporadic creasing on tissue-guards. Text in French. Slipcase and glassine in overall fair to good, dust-jacket in good, wrappers and interior in good+, plates in very good condition.
Verlag: Brentano, New York, 1922
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). Leon Bakst (illustrator). Limited. Frontispiece portrait of Bakst by Modigliani. Illustrated with 68 plates, including 52 in full color with lettered tissue guards, and other black & white and color images throughout the text. 240 pages with untrimmed edges. Folio, full stiff vellum, decorative spine (covers slightly bowed and with small blue stain on lower front corner; inner paper hinges weak, ownership signature on preliminary page). New York: Brentano, (1922). A very good(+) copy. First edition of the English text, American issue. Number 25 of 250 numbered copies with the Brentano imprint. A wonderful retrospective of Bakst's costume and theater design.
Verlag: The Bayard Press, London, 1923
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Vellum. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Leon Bakst (illustrator). First edition. A scarce biographical work on the famous Russian painter and costume designer, Leon Bakst. A limited edition work, in the original vellum binding. Limited edition, numbered 299 of 315 copies.The first edition of this scarce work.Baskt was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, where he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. This work is adorned with examples of Bakst's work, with his rich designs. Illustrated throughout with 68 plates, 52 being colour lithographs. Numerous vignettes throughout also, some colour and mounted. Collated, complete. A scarce and comprehensive work with 240 pages on the artist's life and career progression. This work was written by Andre Levinson, a French dance journalist. In the original vellum binding. Externally, very smart. Minor splits to the tail of front joint. Small loss to the vellum to the bottom edge of front board. A few light marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Tidemark to the first forty pages at the edges, and from pages 60-end only encroaching a maximum of 1.5cm into the pages. Heavier to the first few pages. Very Good Indeed. book.
Verlag: Bayard Press, London, 1923
Anbieter: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, USA
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leather_bound. Bakst, Leon (illustrator). First edition. 240 pages. 37.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 136 of 315. Half title, 68 plates [mostly by Bakst] with printed tissue guards, 52 are color lithographs and mounted, plus illustrations, eleven colored and mounted, some printed in russet, host of black and white text illustrations. Printed by Dr. Selle & Co. A.G., Berlin. Stage decorations for "Orientales, Salome, Phaedra, Blue God, Cleopatra" et al. Costume designs for "Narcissus, Adoration, Bird of Fire, Le Chantre et la Devote," et al. Minor, scattered marginal toning, mostly marginal, vellum covers slightly darkened. Orig. publisher's full vellum, backstrip and cover lettered in brown. Very good.