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Table of Contents~Delete3A Gala Performance. Tuesday June 10, 1958 Silk…

~Delete3Anitra’s Dance – Grieg~Delete4Aragon, Louis, La Naissance de la Paix par Rene Descartes…

~Delete5Aragon, Louis, La Naissance de la Paix par Rene Descarte~Delete6Bakst, Leon, The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst. Appreciation by…

~Delete6Balanchine, George, Early Balanchine Programs~Delete7ballets russes, The Sleeping Princess. Souvenir program

~Delete8ballets russes, Album Souvenir de “La Saison Russe” NY:1911~Delete9Chagall, Paris / l'Opera Romeo and Juliet

~Delete10Cocteau, Jean, Poster, Ballets Russes de Diaghilew Paris: 1939~Delete11de Merode, Original post-card photograph, signed

~Delete11Diaghilev Ballets, Scarce Ballets Russes Ephemera 1910-1940~Delete12Diaghilev. Ballets, Souvenir program for Le Coq d’or and Pétrouchka

~Delete13Diaghilev. Ballets, Le Triomphe de Neptune~Delete14Iliazd Jehan, Traité du Balet

~Delete15Iliazd. Bordier, Récit du nord et régions froides pour l'entrée…~Delete16Johann Salvator, Die Assassinen

~Delete17Johnson, A.E, The Russian Ballet with Illustrations by Rene Bull~Delete17Kamilov, S, Tanecní umení L’art de la Danse. Die Tanzkunst

~Delete18Khmury, V, Teatral'ni stroi~Delete19Lifar, Serge, Pensees sur la Danse

~Delete19Lissim, Simon, Simon Lissim~Delete20Lopokova, Lydia, Two photographs as Columbine in Le Carnival

~Delete21Miro, Joan, Lucifer Original lithographic poster in color. published by…~Delete22Noverre, Jean, Lettres sur la Danse et Sur les Ballets…

~Delete22Shanh, Ben, Martha Graham poster~Delete23Shawn, Ted, Ruth St. Denis: Pioneer and Prophet. Being a…

~Delete24Valéry, Paul, L’Ame et La Danse~Delete25Valéry, Paul, Degas Danse Dessin

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A Gala Performance. Tuesday June 10, 1958 [SilkPlaybill] . Tuesday June 10, 1958. Broadside. 11 3/4 x20" Silk with tassled borders, with handles bearingshields of Royal Opera House. Fine condition. Red, blueand gold circular holder, printed in red. Presentationprogramme of the gala perfrormance in celebration of theCentenary of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.Original circular gift box.

Silk playbill for the opening of the Royal OperaHouse

Includes overture from Oberon (Rafael Kubelik), airsfrom the Bohemian Girl (Joan Sutherland ), The Trojans(Blanche Thebom), I Puritani (Maria Callas), PeterGrimes, Aida and dancing choreographed by FredrickAshton with Margot Fonteyn, Nadia Narina etc. Theplaybill was given to one of the singers in this gala.

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Anitra’s Dance – Grieg. Anitra’s Dance –

Grieg” [Anonymous. Unattributed original drawing].

[ca. 1920s]. Gouache on heavy paper. 8 1/4 x

10" (sheet size: 10 x 14"). Slight discoloration of

paper. From a collection of 33 pieces of incidental

music to Ibsen’s drama Peer Gynt. Peer Gynt Suite

No. 1, Op. 46 (1876) by Edvard Grieg, (1843-1907).

“Anitra's Dance” is a seductive dance evoking the

gracefulness of Anitra, a chieftain's daughter with

whom Peer Gynt is infatuated.

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(Aragon, Louis 1897-1982). La Naissance de la Paixpar Rene Descartes: ballet danse au chateau royal deStockholm le jour de la naissance de Sa Majeste(1649). Paris: Bibliotheque Francaise pour les amis del'auteur, J. Dumoulin, (1946). Copy #128 of 300 signedby Aragon.

In addition, this copy bears a full-page i inscription byAragon which reveals the bibliographic history of theoriginal ballet:

Your father has requested that I write a poem on the

dance for you. It is not possible because I am

incapable, but this book is on dance. Descarte

written in 1649 for the birthday of the Queen of

Sweden. There must be a manuscript in Stockholm,

but I based my writing on a manuscript which

existed before the war in the bibliotheque Nationale,

which has since vanished. Here I have expanded the

text with comments.

For precious Sandra for when she is a big girl who

will charm the world with her dancing..

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(Aragon, Louis 1897-1982). La Naissance de la Paixpar Rene Descarte. ballet danse au chateau royalde Stockholm le jour de la naissance de SaMajeste (1649).But published: Paris: BibliothequeFrancaise pour les amis de l'auteur, J. Dumoulin, (1946).#280 of 300 copies signed by Aragon on the colophon.

When Rene Descartes was 54, he went to Stockholm atthe invitation of Queen Christina. It is said that becauseDescartes refused to dance at a court ball, QueenChristina charged him with writing the verses for a courtballet, La Naissance de la Paix. The ballet was composedfor performance on 8 December 1649, the 23rd birthdayof the Queen. It celebrates the Peace of Westphalia at theend of the Thirty Years’ war, which was more or lesswon by Sweden.

According to a recent study by Richard Watson, "theevidence of Descartes' authorship is virtuallynonexistent... Almost certainly the ballet was written byHelie Poirier, a professional writer of French verse."References: Watson, Richard A,. Descartes’s Ballet(2007)

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(Bakst, Leon). Alexandre, Arsene. The Decorative Artof Leon Bakst. Appreciation by Arsene Alexandre,with Notes on the Ballets by Jean Cocteau. London:Fine Arts Society, 1913. First English edition (a Frenchversion was published the same year). Large Folio.Original vellum decorated with gilt and marbled papersides. Complete with 76 tipped-plates, of whichalmost fifty are full color This is a fine copy andrare in this condition.

Published as the Ballets Russes was achieving its fullflowering. Includes reproductions of Bakst's earlydesigns for L'Oiseau de feu, Le Dieu Bleu, L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune, Cleopatre, Scheherazade, LaPeri and many others.

Ten years later, several other works on Leon Bakst werepublished, but none matched The Decorative Art of LeonBakst in beauty or scope. This was the first deluxepublication on Bakst to be published in England.

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Balanchine, George . Early Balanchine Programs .Programs from the two early Balancine companies: LesBallets 1933 and The American Ballet. These reflect thebeginning of Mr.B’s career as a choreographer after theDiaghilev years. Descriptions below.

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(ballets russes) Diaghilev. The SleepingPrincess. Souvenir [program].

Diaghilev. The Sleeping Princess. Souvenir

[program]. Alhambra Theater. (London: Diaghlev)

1921. Quarto. 9 ½” x 12". 28p, plus covers in gold

and silver, dust soiled, with original silk ties. The

deluxe program for the first performance of Sleeping

Princess/la belle au bois dormant. Ballet in five

scenes, music by P. Tchaikovsky, with prelude and

Aurora’s Variation in scene II by Igor Stravinsky.

Choreography by Marius Petipa.

With page borders red and green. Story of the ballet

and of “Tchaikovsky at the Rusian Ballet” by Leon

Bakst. Color reproduction of the characters and

their costumes and double page centerfold of the

sets for the castel [sic] in the forest. Cast list for

each of the five scenes. Ads.

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(ballets russes). Hoffman, Gertrude. . AlbumSouvenir de “La Saison Russe” NY:1911.

Hoffman, Gertrude. Album Souvenir de “La

Saison Russe” NY:1911. Quarto: Orig wrappers, 9

1/2x 12" String tied. Covers detached, frayed and

soiled. 20 p covers. Internally clean

Souvenir program for the 1911 Americantour which was the first performance ofthe Ballets Russes ballets in America.

Color printed with black and white photos. Program

features excerpts of Cléopâtre, Shéhéradeze, Les

Sylphides. Cast list has Lydia Lopoukowa, Maria

Baldina, Alexander Volinine, Theordore Kosloff,

Ivan Tarasow. Photos of Lopoukowa, Baldina,,

Kosloff, Volinine and others .Morris Gest and F.

Ray Comstock, managing directors

Gertrude Hoffman (Hoffmann) developed and

performed in the first U.S. productions of the Ballets

Russes repertoire (1911–15). Three ballets by

Mikhail Fokine, staged by Theodore Kosloff without

permission, made up the serious part of the evening.

This was the first Ballets Russes seen in America.

Hoffman is also credited with infusing American

vaudeville with Ballet Russes material. She

presented “cut-rate renditions of Russian ballets to

one-horse town across the Nation” (Laurence

Senelick, his article on Vaudeville. VI, pp 318-19,

International Encyclopedia Dance. Selma Jeanne

Cohen, ed (1998). Scarce!!

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Chagall. Paris / l'Opera [Romeo and Juliet.]. Chagall,Marc . Paris / l'Opera [Romeo and Juliet.][Lithographic poster printed in colors] by MourlotGallery. Paris: Mourlot, 1965. On paper, 24x38”610x965 mm, sheet.

The decoration for the ceiling of the Paris Opera byChagall was commissioned by Andre Malraux, then theCabinet Minister in charge of Cultural Affairs. Thisinterpretive rendering of lithograph executed by CharlesSorlier, from a detail of the preliminary sketch of theceiling of the Paris Opera. This fragment is a tribute toBerlioz for Romeo and Juliet; it also includes pictures ofthe Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe

Ref: Sorlier, Chagall's Posters, A Catalogue Raisonne,96; Weill page 358.

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Cocteau, Jean. [Poster], Ballets Russes deDiaghilew Paris: 1939. . [Poster], Ballets

Russes de Diaghilew Paris: 1939. Advertising poster

for the 1939 exhibition

BALLETS RUSSES DE DIAGHILEW 1909 A

1929 Musee des Art Decoratifs. Palais Du Louvre.

Pavillon de Marsan. Exposition organisee par Serge

Lifar. Mars a Juin 1939. Lithographic poster on

paper, printed in color with lettering and full

margins. Signed "Jean Cocteau" in the stone, lower

right. Sheet size: 61" x 34"; mounted on silk, rolled.

Fine copy.

Our 1939 poster was restruck from the original

lithograph of 1911 to advertise this, the first major

exhibition concerning Diaghilev and the Ballets

Russes.

The poster shows Karsavina in Le Spectre de la

Rose in her costume as the young girl in the ballet,

“standing on point, her hands crossed in front of her,

her eyes closed facing to the left side of the image.”

The popularity of the exhibition caused its dates to

be extended to 1 July (as is advertised on our

poster).

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de Merode, Cleo. Original post-card photograph,signed. de Merode, Cleo (September 27, 1875 - October17, 1966) a French dancer known for her elegance.Original post-card photograph, signed in the stone and inink below (1936). Fine condition.

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Diaghilev Ballets Russes . Scarce Ballets RussesEphemera 1910-1940. A list is a the link below.

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Diaghilev. Ballets Russes. Souvenir programfor Le Coq d’or andPétrouchka. . Diaghilev. Souvenir program

for Le Coq d’or and Pétrouchka. Neuvième

Saison Russe. Mai-Juin 1914 dix représentations de

Ballets Russes de M. Serge de Diaghlew. Paris:

Ballets Russes, 1914. Quarto 9 ½" x 12". Original

wrappers 48p plus inserts. FINE COPY with

original silk ties. Rare in this condition.

Includes “Agrument du Coq d’Or and Petrouchka.

General program for Mai-Juin 1914. Photo of

Karsavina in Petrouchka, Costumes in color, full

page photos of Fokina, Fokine, Karsavina, Bolm,

ads inserted for Brunhoff’s periodical Comoedia

Illustre and Valentine Gross’ Mouvements de Danse,

centerpiece of scenes from Papillons, another two

page spread in gold for Benois’ costumes for

Rossignol; sheaf of adverts at end including one for

Sizaire-Berwick auto (Sizaire-Berwick was an

Anglo-French automobile manufacturer active

between 1913 and 1927) and the Lorraine-Diétrich

(Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and

aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935)

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Diaghilev. Ballets Russes . Le Triomphe deNeptune. Diaghilev. [ Program]. For 28 Mai

Le Triomphe de Neptune, music by Berners, book

by Sitwell, decors and costume after the brothers

Cruikshank, Tofts, Honigold and Wells.

Choreography by Georges Balanchine. Cast list

includes Danilova, Lifar, Tchernicheva, Idzikovsky

and others.

Quarto. 9 ½ x 12" lightly soiled and worn at corners,

a few stains back cover. Front cover in color based

on 19th century children’s illustrations. General title

page 10 Galas des Ballets Russes. Théâtre Sarah-

Bernhardt. Xxe Saison de Serge de Diaghilew.

1927. Programs schedules for 17 Mai through 9

Juin 1927 are included. Nice photos of Olg Spessiva,

Leonide Massine, Lydia Sokolova, as well as

Danilova, Balanchine, ads.

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(Iliazd) Jehan-François de Boissière. . Traité duBalet. [Iliazd; Ilia Zdanevitch]. Jehan-François deBoissière. Traité du Balet. Illustré de gravures àl'eau-forte par Marie-Laure [de Noailles] mis enpage par Iliazd. [Paris: Le Degré Quarante et un,1953]. No. 2 of 15 copies on Chine, signed by theillustrator Marie-Laure and Iliazd (Total edition: 50copies: 35 on Japon; 15 as this; 6 copies for copyrightpurposes).

Folio (11 1/8 x 15 1/4") (105 x 207 mm). With 66original etchings by Marie-Laure de Noailles,including 22 full page and 44 in the text. Unbound, asissued in wrappers, vellum covers with reproduction ofBoissière's signature on the front.

Iliazd is assured a “permanent place in the history of thelivre d’artiste” (Strachan, 294). “Iliazd deservesrecognition for his unique aesthetic contribution totwentieth century livres d’artiste . . . . Iliazd made booksfirst and foremost as the unique expression of deeply heldbeliefs, because they were the single medium in which hecould give form to the many aspects ofhis intellectual andaesthetic interests” (Drucker, 73).

“Iliazd was among the most important publishers oflivres d’artistes in the twentieth century . . . .After earlybooks where he experimented with Russian constructivisttypography he moved on to fine editions with exceptionalartists . . .” (Kelly et al, 78).

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(Iliazd). Bordier, Rene. Récit du nord etrégions froides pour l'entrée des baillifs deGroenland et Frizland au grand bal de ladouairière de Billebahaut. [Paris]: Degré

Quarante et Un, 1956. No. 21 of 45 copies on Chine

(Entire edition: 49 copies: 45 as this; 4 on Japon).

Etching and aquatint by Camille Bryen as

frontispiece, with an extra proof laid in printed in

ochre signed by Bryen “Estat du Nord”/ enfin

d’artiste. With invitation to the exhibition at Galerie

Stadler, December 13, 1956.

liazd designed the layout of the text to bedramatic. “This perception is readilyapparent in the elaborate containers Iliazdfashioned for his livres de peintres, alwayscomprising numerous

layers of covers, folders, and envelopesinserted together, unbound into a singleslipcase”

(Isselbacher, 19).

The text is taken from Le Grand Bal de laDouairière de Billebahaut (The Grand Ballof the Dowager of Billebahaut) a popularballet burlesque written by René Bordierwith music composed by Antoine Boësset.With the young Louis XIII as the starperformer, the ballet was performed at theLouvre and at the Hôtel de Ville in Februaryof 1626. Featuring an elaborate procession of

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Johann Salvator (1852–1911?). Archduke and Prince

of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and

Tuscany. Die Assassinen. Die Assassinen: Ballet

in drei acten, in scene gesetszt von Carl Telle, Musik

von D. J. Forster.

Wien: Wallishausser, 1883. 12mo. Original green

wrappers (chipped). Libretto for ballet in three acts

set in Jerusalem in 1197, probably taken from the

legend of the Sultan Saladin* in his military

campaign against the Assassins and their leader,

Hassan Scheich el Djebel (“the old man of the

mountain”).

Act II of the ballet has an early andfascinating use of electric lighting. At thepremiere, Milli Stubel appeared on stageilluminated from head to foot by Edison’snew light bulbs.

The author is Johann Salvator (1852–1911?), a

member of the Tuscan branch of the House of

Habsburg-Lorraine. He was Archduke and Prince of

Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and

Tuscany. After renouncing those titles, he was

known as Johann (John) Orth. He disappeared

while sailing with his wife Milli in July 1890 and is

believed to have died when his ship

encountered a storm near Cape Horn. He was

declared dead in absentia in 1911.

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Johnson, A.E. The Russian Ballet with Illustrations byRene Bull. London: Constable, 1913. First edition.Quarto. Wrappers. Spine rebacked somewhat crudely.Frontis creased. 240pp. including 12 tipped-in colorplates and numerous black and white drawings. N/L I, p.241. This book features 17 important Ballets from theearly years of Diaghilev, including Scheherazade,Narcisse, Cleopatre, & others. A beautifully designed andillustrated book in the English fine press tradition. The 12fine color illustrations are based on the sets and costumesfrom the Ballets but also show the influence of theoriental art motifs introduced into English bookillustration by Dulac and Rackham.

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Kamilov, S., and Josef Bousa, editors. Tanecníumení L’art de la Danse. DieTanzkunst . Tanecní umení L’art de la

Danse. Die Tanzkunst. Praha: Tanečcnī Revue,

1932. 8vo. Original orange wrappers. Slight soiling.

Very good to fine. 229 pages (pages [203]-229

advertisements) : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Covers Czech national dance, modern dance,

rhythmics ..., photographs of dance masters and

dance artists, texts for photographs in Czech, French

and German, supplemented by period

advertisements. Title and portrait captions in Czech,

French, and German./ Includes bibliographical

references (pages 167-195). A review of Czech

dancing in its many forms during the early 1930s.

Intesting ads for dance schools and dance-related

merchandise

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Khmury, V., Anatoly Petritsky. Teatral'ni stroi. Kiev:

Ukrainian State Press, 1929. 4to (347 x 261 mm.),

26pp., 26 full page mounted color lithographs, many

with gold or silver metallic inks and 25 mounted full

page black & white plates. Original boards, spine

defective, otherwise very good and clean. All plates

mounted on heavy gray paper and tissue guards

intact. Plates by Anatoly Petritzky, text by V.

Khmury. Text in Ukrainian and German.

Teatral'ni stroi is an album of superb costume

designs and stage sets for Ballets and operas in a

Constructivist style reminiscent of the

decorativeness of Bakst's work and Alexander

Exter's stylization.

Productions illustrated:

Exzentrischer Tanz, staged by K. Goleisovsky

(Moscow, 1922) (4 plates);Praludium von Skrjabin,

by L. Lukin (Moscow, 1923) (1 plate);Ballet Nur

und Anitra, by M. Mordkin (America, Greenwich

Village Follies, 1923) (4 plates); "Wij," Herr

Chorunschij, by H. Jura (Charkiw [Cracow], 1924)

(9 plates); Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzi

(Charkiw, 1925) (7 plates); Wilhelm Tell (Charkiw,

1927) (6 plates); Furst Igor (Charkiw, 1926) (8

plates); De rote Mohn (Charkiw, 1927) (5 plates);

Der Korsar (Staatsoper, Charkiw, 1925) (8 plates);

Turandott, by Lui Laber (Charkiw, 1928) (4 plates).

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Lifar, Serge. Pensees sur la Danse. Paris: Bordas, 1946.One of 350 copies on Rives signed by publisher (entireedition of 700). Folio. Original wrappers. 61pp., with 7lithographs after Maillol. Spine worn, otherwise quitefine. with original glassine. O Foreword by Paul Valery."An attractive edition." Leslie II, p.326. Bordas is knownfor its fine publications. The reproduction of the Maillollithograph was done by Daniel Jacomet.

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Lissim, Simon. Simon Lissim. Preface de M. Paul Leon,Membre de l'institut, Professeur au College de France.Paris: Aux Editions Du Cygne, 1933. Original Whitewrappers. Tear to back wrapper, else fine, with originalglassine. Folio (9" x 11 1/4"). 112pp.; illus., 40 pl.including many in color pochoir. With an invitation to anExposition for Simon Lissim at Galerie du Cygne, Paris,ca 1925.

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Lopokova, Lydia Vasilievna. [Two photographs] asColumbine in Le Carnival. Wearing white lace dresswith cherry designs, hair in curls. Matthew Arbuthnot(London, ca. 1915), each photo stamped, 43 & 44 NewBond Street stamps. 1. Half length, looking right, righthand raised, thumb and third fingers extended. Size 5 1/2x 8". 2. Silverprint. Full length portrait, looking right,hands extended, right foot extended. Size 5 1/2 x 7 7/8".

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Miro, Joan. Lucifer Original lithographicposter in color]. published by theMartha Graham Dance Company,. NewYork, printed by Maeght, Paris, 1975. (Mourlot, 1050).

Copy #51 of 75, signed by Miro in pencil, onhandmade paper (there were also 500 unsignedcopies, with “letters” published as an advertising posterfor the performance). Mourlot. The Lithographs of JoanMiro, #1050; Picazo. The Posters of Joan Miro, #86. 31"x 21". Image/sheet size 30 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (78.0 x 56.4cm), unmatted, Deckled edges.

Miro created this lithograph as an advertising poster forthe modern ballet Lucifer performed by the MarthaGraham Dance Company, featuring Margot Fonteyn andRudolf Nureyev as guest artists. Lucifer premiered June19, 1975 at The Uris Theater in New York City as themain feature of The Martha Graham Gala.

In Martha Graham’s words, “Many people have askedme why I did Lucifer with Rudolf Nureyev. Lucifer is thebringer of light. When he fell from grace he mocked God.He became half god, half man. As half man, he knewmen’s fears, anguish, and challenges. He became the godof light. Any artist is the bringer of light. That’s why Idid Lucifer with Nureyev. He’s a god of light. AndMargot Fonteyn was such a glorious complement to himat it. Luminous as night. When I first saw MargotFonteyn she was a great and beautiful figure.”(Unidentified interview with Martha Graham, 1975.)

Provenance: Through the family of former Rhode Islandgovernor and United States senator John Orlando Pastore(1907-2000).

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Noverre, Jean George. Lettres sur la Danse et Sur lesBallets prededees d'une Vie de l'auteur par AndreLevinson. Paris: Ducharte & Van Buggenhoudt, 1922.Edition limited to 550 copies. 4to. Modern cloth. 242pp.,with frontis and 24 plates. The text comprises fifteenletters of Noverre. Many of the illustrations are costumesand sets for 18th century productions.

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Shanh, Ben. (Artist. 1899-1969). Martha Graham[poster]. Poster of Martha Graham (1963). Single sheet,photo-lithograph printed in green, grey and black. 21" x30 3/4", nicely framed. For a 1963 exhibition ofphotographs of Martha Graham and her company at theUSIS Gallery, American Embassy, London. The posterhas letterpress at bottom noting that Graham and hercompany will appear at the Edinburgh Festival August 26-31, 1963.

This copy inscribed by Graham “With best wishes froma dancer to dancers/ Martha Graham” (Signaturefaded but readable).

Most copies of this rare poster were printed for theAmerican market without letterpress announcement ofthe USIS show.

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Shawn, Ted. Ruth St. Denis: Pioneer and Prophet.Being a History of Her Cycle of Oriental Dances. SanFrancisco: Howell, 1920. Copy 194 of 350 numberedcopies signed by both Shawn and St. Denis. Twovolumes. Folio (13" x 10"). Volume of text and volumeof 64 photo plates, each tipped to heavy paper andcaptioned. Original batik boards and cloth spines. Nameand small stamp on flyleaf, very slight wear, else fine.

Pioneer and Prophet is the best work ever done on RuthSt. Denis. The lengthy text, which is by her long-timepartner Ted Shawn, provides an excellent history of herdance career and the development of various styles. Thephotographic plates collect every available image of St.Denis in performance and include those by Genthe andBaron de Meyer. Many of these photos have never beenreproduced. This work is beautifully printed by JohnHenry Nash in the style of William Morris' KelmscottPress.

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Valéry, Paul. L’Ame et La Danse.

Valéry, Paul. L’Ame et La Danse. Paris: Javaland Bourdeaux, 1926. One of 300 copies onArches, #248 inscribed by Valery to Mrs M. H.Goujon. with a suite in black on velin. Quarto.Original white printed wrappers. Illustrated byEdouard Leon. Fine copy. This is apresentation copy, one of the few inscribedby Valery.

A lovely edition of Valery’s graceful prose.First published in 1925. Written in Socraticform, L’Ame et La Danse is a dialogue ondancing arguably the supreme expression ofmovement. This essay provoked much thoughtand praise in the dancing world. It is herepresented in a finely illustrated edition aftercopper plate engravings by Léon, printed incolor by Porcabeuf and Le Blanc andTrautmann.

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Valéry, Paul. . Degas Danse Dessin. . Valéry,Paul. Degas Danse Dessin. Paris: AmbroiseVollard, 1936. Edition of 325 copies, this is#75. 10" x 13 ½”. Original wrappers,protective sleeve backed in vellum andlettered Paul Valery Degas. With 26aquatint-etchings in color, tone or blackengraved on copper by Maurice Potin, afteroriginal pastel or chalk drawings by Degas.

Degas Danse Dessin pictures ballet dancersin costume and in the nude, subject matterfor which Degas was famous. Published byAmbroise Vollard in a livre d’artiste thatbrings forth Degas’ original drawings andmonotypes in fidelity.* Vollard writes “I hadto find an artist capable of fathoming thesensitiveness of [Degas’] drawing, thesubtlety of his tone. I turned to the painter-graver Maurice Potin who accomplishedwonders. He spared neither time nortrouble.” Potin often “had to engrave asmany as three different copper plates tocapture the rich, feathery effect of Degas’smonotypes. Six years were required for theproject. “In his superbly engraved plates ofaquatint-etching Potin has preserved the richblack and pastel colors of the original.”(Johnson p27)

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modern ballet & dance · diaghilev ballets, scarce ballets russes ephemera 1910-1940~delete11...

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