first edition With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst (one doublepage), eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in cos
1916 · [New York]
by (Ballet Russe in America)
[New York]: Metropolitan Ballet Company, 1916. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst (one doublepage), eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume, engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. String-sewn into stiff printed gilt embossed wrappers, including original advert tipped to inside rear cover. Covers at bit ragged at edges, lower corner of front wrapper missing. Very good. First edition. With fourteen full page color plates by Leon Bakst (one doublepage), eight duotone photo plates of dancers in the company in costume, engraved and printed by The Sackett & Whilhelms Comaany. 1 vols. 12-5 x 9.5 inches. A fragile souvenir of the first United States tour in 1916 of Diaghileff's now legendary Ballet Russe.
(Inventory #: 301509)