[RUSSIAN BALLETS] - BEAUMONT (Cyril William).
Impressions of the Russian Ballet.
London: C. W. Beaumont, 1918-1921. - 12 fascicles in-8, paperback, modern folder and case.
Extremely rare complete collection of this very fine English publication by the British bookseller, publisher and dance critic Cyril William Beaumont (1891-1976).
Each issue concerns a ballet that Beaumont has described as carefully as possible. Each text is illustrated with compositions based on the actual sets and costumes of the pieces described, giving the whole a most interesting documentation.
Includes:
- 1. Cleopatra (1918). Illustrated with 5 compositions by A. P. ALLISON.
- 2. the good humoured ladies (1918). Illustrated with 6 compositions by A. P. ALLISON including one on the cover. Some foxing.
- 3 Carnival (1918). Illustrated with 6 compositions by A. P. ALLISON, one on the cover. Some foxing.
- 4. la Boutique fantasque (1919). Illustrated with 7 compositions by Michel SEVIER, including one on the cover.
- 5 The Three-cornered hat (1919). Illustrated with 7 compositions by Ethelbert WHITE including one on the cover. Scattered foxing.
- 6. thamar (1919). Illustrated with 6 compositions by Ethelbert WHITE including one on the cover. Scattered foxing.
- 7. the firebird (1919). Illustrated with 6 compositions by Ethelbert WHITE including one on the cover.
- 8 Petrouchka (1919). Illustrated with 9 compositions by Michel SEVIER, including one on the cover.
- 9 Scheherazade (1919). Illustrated with 6 compositions by A. P. ALLISON, including one on the cover.
- 10. children's tales (1919). Illustrated with 6 compositions by Michel SEVIER.
- 11. the Sleeping princess. Part one (1921). Illustrated with 7 compositions by Randolph SCHWABE, including one on the cover.
- 12. The Sleeping princess. Part two (1921). Illustrated with 7 compositions by Randolph SCHWABE including one on the cover. Some foxing.
All illustrations, except those on the covers, have been stenciled or hand-colored. All the issues are printed on strong edition vellum paper, except the eleventh which is one of 40 numbered on japon (n° 28).
Copies perfectly preserved in spite of the foxing mentioned above.
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