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One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.
One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.
One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.
One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.
One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.

the deluxe limited edition signed by Karsavina


SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerien.

Thamar Karsavina.

London, Beaumont, 1922.

£3,750.00
£3,750.00

Thamar Karsavina.

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One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum.

This book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers and indeed artists of the 20th century, Svetlov writes in his introduction, 'I have addressed myself to the task with a deep and genuine affection for the art that all my life has enthralled my senses - also with a feeling of deep admiration for the dancer's wonderful gifts.'

First edition, limited to 120 copies signed by Karsavina on handmade paper, numbered 14 in ink on the justifcation, from a total edition of 350, small folio (31.6 x 22 cm); 149pp, colour frontispiece, 16 plates, some of which are hand coloured and with silver detail, 15 camera portraits, further head and tail pieces hand coloured; specially bound in vellum-backed decorated boards with gilt details to spine, corners bumped and very small stain to vellum, else a fine copy.

Stock code 124459

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One of 120 copies on handmade paper and bound in vellum. The book is a wonderfully sincere ode to one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Thamar Karsavina.

Thamar Karsavina.

£3,750.00
£3,750.00

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Russian & Eastern European

An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.
An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.

BARBIER, George.
Album dédié a Tamar Karsavina. 1914.
£5,750.00

Limited-edition biography of Karsavina written by Valerien Svetlov, gift-inscribed to her personal friend - musician Margaret Cochrane.
Limited-edition biography of Karsavina written by Valerien Svetlov, gift-inscribed to her personal friend - musician Margaret Cochrane.

SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerien.
Thamar Karsavina. 1922.
£4,500.00

A vocal score of the Requiem Mass by Antonin Dvorak, signed and inscribed by Karel Bendl, first performed in Brimingham on 9 October 1891, Dvorak conducting
A vocal score of the Requiem Mass by Antonin Dvorak, signed and inscribed by Karel Bendl, first performed in Brimingham on 9 October 1891, Dvorak conducting

DIVORAK; Antonín.
Requiem Mass [vocal score] 1891.
£3,750.00

A first edition of Charles Castle's book, Noel, about the legendary playwright Noel Coward.
A first edition of Charles Castle's book, Noel, about the legendary playwright Noel Coward.

COWARD, Noel; CASTLE, Charles (author).
Noel. 1972.
£225.00

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Early issue of Sceniche Decorazioni and Raccolta by Alessandro Sanquirico, the pioneering set designer, containing 75 plates of operas, ballets, and plays performed in La Scala in Milan between 1817 and 1832.

SANQUIRICO, Alessandro.
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£65,000.00

An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.
An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.

PAVLOVA, Anna.
Collection of four music scores. 1910s-1920s.
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