4to. 240 pp. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, gilt-ruling and crest to spine and front panel. With color frontispiece and 11 full-page color illustrations, many full-page black and white plates, vignettes etc. by René Bull. Each of 17 ballets performed by the Ballet Russe are described and illustrated including Petrouchka, Les Sylphides, L'Oiseau de Feu, Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dances), Prélude a L'Aprés-Midi d'un Faune etc. and with a chapter on Anna Pavlova. With original slipcase, heavily worn. Interior occasionally foxed, otherwise fine.
4to. 240 pp. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, gilt-ruling and crest to spine and front panel. With color frontispiece and 11 full-page color illustrations, many full-page black and white plates, vignettes etc. by René Bull. Each of 17 ballets performed by the Ballet Russe are described and illustrated including Petrouchka, Les Sylphides, L'Oiseau de Feu, Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dances), Prélude a L'Aprés-Midi d'un Faune etc. and with a chapter on Anna Pavlova. With original slipcase, heavily worn. Interior occasionally foxed, otherwise fine.