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Theatre Street.

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Stock Code 104561

London, Constable & Co., 1948

Inscribed presentation copy . An absorbing autobiography of one the greatest prima ballerinas of all time. It covers vivid pictures of her childhood in St Petersburg in the late 1880s and her career at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Ballets Russes. This edition includes an additional chapter on Diaghilev as he had since died, in an 'attempt to bring some unity into the features of his personality'.

Revised and enlarged edition, 8vo; presentation copy inscribed by Karsavina on the half title 'To very dear (?) and friend Tamara Karsavina', front free endpaper excised. illustrations throughout; blue cloth, a good copy.

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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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Theatre Street.

KARSAVINA, Tamara.

Stock code: 104561

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