Russian ballet

Small folio (32 x 24.5 cm); 13 black and white illustrations; original stapled wrappers with pochoir illustration by Nikolai Remisov, an excellent example.

Photographic halftone print with gold border (image size 150 x 100 mm), signed in black ink 'W. Nijinsky' and mounted (180 x 265 mm).

First edition, 8vo; presentation copy inscribed by both subject and author, the former in blue pen over the portrait frontispiece, 'for Muriel + Simon with my affectionate thoughts always Markova 1954.', the inscription by Dolin on the title-page, ' To Muriel & Simon with my love from the author. Pat 1954 Jan 4th (Anton Dolin)', illustrations throughout; blue cloth slightly stained, a good copy.

First edition, 8vo; presentation copy, inscribed twice by Lifar, first on the front free endpaper 'a Marie-Louise Trilling son ami Serge Lifar' with a full page ink and coloured crayon drawing, the second on the half-title to her husband, 'A Monsieur Ossia Trilling Ami tres cher des Arts - ces Pensees et leurs applications de la France et du Ballet Mondial avec l'amitie de Serge Lifar, 2 Mai 58'; original printed wrappers, slightly sunned, tears to spine repaired with tape, in a custom made box with Lifar's design on the upper cover.

Folio (31 x 24 cm); 24pp.; 10 illustrations by Annenkov, text in French and German; original printed wrappers, slightly age toned, a fine copy.

First edition, folio (32 x 24.5 cm); 16pp., illustrations by Sudeikin and Remizov; original printed wrappers designed by Sudeikin with hand-colouring, an excellent copy.

Manuscript letter in French on blue card with signed envelope; small 8vo (9 x 11.6 cm); card headed with address '112 Boulevard Malesherbes [Paris]', signed 'Leon Bakst' and dated '16 Janvier 1914', with autograph envelope stamped and addressed to 'Miss Ella Hepworth Dixon. 6 St Jame's Terrace, Regents Park, London'; slight wear top of envelope but otherwise in very good condition

Large 4to. 20 pp., text in English, with numerous illustrations; a crease of bottom corner of five leaves. Original wrappers printed in gilt, original price ticket pasted on upper cover verso, advert pasted on lower cover verso; crease to middle of upper cover. With 8 pp. programme for January 26th at the Century Theatre loosely inserted.

First edition, 4to, an additional 66 pages of illustrations tipped in. Pages untrimmed, illustrations and decorations, many by Bakst, some in colour. Original pale-green cloth boards, with gilt illustrative decorations to front and spine, spine faded.