SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerien.
Thamar Karsavina.
Thamar Karsavina.
Stock Code 124459
London Beaumont 1922
the deluxe limited edition signed by Karsavina
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.
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