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80 2138 Altmann N 80 2138 Altmann N
80 2138 Altmann N 80 2138 Altmann N
80/2138 Altmann, N. Lenin. Risunki i oblozhka raboty Natana Altmana (Lenin. Drawings and cover by Natan Altmann). Petrograd, Otdel Izobr. Iskusstv Nar. Kom. po Prosvescheniu, 1921, (6)p., 10 facsimile plates and orig. wr. (printed in black and red) by NATHAN ALTMANN, printed in 5000 copies.

- Hinges strengthened w. tape. Wr. vaguely stained; sm. stamp on backwr.

= Rowell/ Wye 330. Nine plates showing portraits of Lenin and one with the landscape seen from Lenin's office window. The third leaf shows Lenin's printed signature. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.

€ (300-500)
80 2139 Altmann N  Ivnev R 80 2139 Altmann N Ivnev R
80/2139 [Altmann, N.]. Ivnev, R. Samosozhzhenie. Kniga stikhov 1912-1916 gg. (Self-Immolation. Book of Verse 1912-1916). Petrograd, Felana, 1917, 104,(6)p., printed on blue tinted paper, orig. lithogr. wr. by N. ALTMANN.

- Scratch and tiny dam. spot in frontwr. = Rowell/ Wye 143. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

€ (100-150) 100
80/2140 Antigona 80/2140 Antigona
80/2140 Antigona 80/2140 Antigona
80/2140 Antigona. (Moscow), Teakinopechat', 1928, 16p., portraits, orig. wr. by NAUMOV, sm. 8vo.

- Final lvs. incl. backwr. sl. waterst. in upper corner.

= Rowell/ Wye 755 and p.215. On the frontwrapper a stylized portrait of actress Alisa Koonen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.

AND 1 other, publ. by Kinopechat': V. SHKLOVSKY, Ikh nastoyaschee (Moscow/ Leningrad, 1927, plates, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).

€ (70-90) 90
80 2141 Architecture  Arkin D  ed  80 2141 Architecture Arkin D ed
80/2141 [Architecture]. Arkin, D. (ed.). Arkhitektura sovremennogo Zapada (Modern western architecture). Moscow, Izogiz, 1932, 185,(2)p., ills., orig. cl. by EL LISSITZKY, 4to.

- Title-p. sl. yellowed. Binding trifle spotted.

= Contains chapters on i.a. Le Corbusier, Moholy-Nagy, J.J.P. Oud and Frank Lloyd Wright.

€ (100-150) 110
80/2142 Architecture  Stroitel'stvo Mosky The Construction of Moscow  Year IX no 11/12 80/2142 Architecture Stroitel'stvo Mosky The Construction of Moscow Year IX no 11/12
80/2142 [Architecture]. Stroitel'stvo Mosky (The Construction of Moscow). Year IX, no.11/12. Moscow, Mossovet, 1932, 46,(2)p., photogr. ills., orig. wr. by F. MULLYAR, 4to.

- Bookblock loose(ning); sl. yellowed.

€ (100-150) 100
80 2143 Bakst L  Svétlow V 80 2143 Bakst L Svétlow V
80/2143 [Bakst, L.]. Svétlow, V. Le ballet contemporain. French transl. by M.D. Calvocoressi. Paris, M. de Brunoff, 1912, VII,(1),134,(1)p., chromolithogr. title, num. (tipped-in) photogr./ chromolithogr./ engr. plates by i.a. L. BAKST, num. (tipped-in) photogr. text-ills., printed in 520 numb. copies, orig. dec. cl., 4to.

- Fine copy. Spine sl. sunned and sl. worn along extremities.

€ (150-250) 160
80/2144 Ballets Russes  Au Temps des Ballets Russes 80/2144 Ballets Russes Au Temps des Ballets Russes
80/2144 Ballets Russes  Au Temps des Ballets Russes 80/2144 Ballets Russes Au Temps des Ballets Russes
80/2144 [Ballets Russes]. Au Temps des Ballets Russes. (Paris), n.publ., 1952, 30p., tipped-in col. plate by P. COLIN, ills., 1 loosely inserted lithograph (Diagilev, Bakst and Nijinsky) after P. PICASSO, printed in a limited numbered edition of copies, orig. wr., folio. - ADDED: 10 other publications by i.a. American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet and New York City Ballet, a few SIGNED by i.a. Rosella Hightower, Anthony Dowell, Martine van Hamel, Charles Maple, Élisabeth Platel, Sylvie Guillem and Jean-Yves Lormeau.
€ (150-250) 180
80/2145 Ballets Russes  Boris Godounov 80/2145 Ballets Russes Boris Godounov
80/2145 Ballets Russes  Boris Godounov 80/2145 Ballets Russes Boris Godounov
80/2145 [Ballets Russes]. Boris Godounov. Paris, Les Établissements Dax, n.d. (1932), (20)p., tipped-in portrait, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt dec. and embossed wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, adverts, 4to.

= Frontwr. reads "Opéra Russe à Paris. Théatre des Champs Elysées".

Opéra privé de Paris. Première Saison. Paris, Publicité Commerciale & Téatrale, 1929, (36)p., tipped-in portrait, 8 tipped-in col. plates by A.K. KOROVINE, adverts, orig. col. (foxed) wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to. - AND 1 other similar: Opéra Russe à Paris. Printemps 1930 (tipped-in col. plates by B. BILINSKY, orig. wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN).

€ (150-250) 150
80/2146 Ballets Russes  Boris Godounov 80/2146 Ballets Russes Boris Godounov
80/2146 Ballets Russes  Boris Godounov 80/2146 Ballets Russes Boris Godounov
80/2146 [Ballets Russes]. Boris Godounov. Paris, Les Établissements Dax, n.d. (1932), (20)p., tipped-in portrait, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt dec. and embossed wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, adverts, 4to.

- Wr. sl. worn/ creases. = Frontwr. reads "Opéra Russe à Paris. Théatre des Champs Elysées".

Opéra privé de Paris. Première Saison. Ibid., Publicité Commerciale & Téatrale, 1929, (36)p., tipped-in portrait, 8 tipped-in col. plates by A.K. KOROVINE, adverts., orig. col. (foxed) wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to. - AND 1 other similar: Opéra Russe à Paris. Printemps 1930 (tipped-in col. plates by B. BILINSKY, orig. wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN).

€ (150-250)
80/2147 Ballets Russes  Quinzième Saison Russe Mai Juin 1922 Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew 80/2147 Ballets Russes Quinzième Saison Russe Mai Juin 1922 Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew
80/2147 Ballets Russes  Quinzième Saison Russe Mai Juin 1922 Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew 80/2147 Ballets Russes Quinzième Saison Russe Mai Juin 1922 Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew
80/2147 [Ballets Russes]. "Quinzième Saison Russe Mai-Juin 1922. Programme Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew". Paris, M. de Brunoff, (1922), (26)p., (col.) ills., w. inserted orig. program for 25 May 1922, orig. wr. by N. GONTCHAROVA w. gilt flimsies, folio.

- Flimies dam. along margins.

"Les Ballets Russes. Programme édité par Comoedia Illustré". Paris, Théatre du Chatelet, 1911, no pagination, profusely illustrated w. i.a. col. ills. and orig. wr. after L. BAKST, folio (frontwr. loose and frayed).

€ (80-100) 220
80 2148 Ballets Russes  S Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Direction W de Basil 80 2148 Ballets Russes S Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Direction W de Basil
80 2148 Ballets Russes  S Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Direction W de Basil 80 2148 Ballets Russes S Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo Direction W de Basil
80/2148 [Ballets Russes]. S. Hurok Presents Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo. Direction W. de Basil. New York, Richard Davis, 1934, program booklet, no pagination, (col.) ills. and adverts., orig. gilt cordbound wr. after A. DERAIN, 4to (wr. some folds/ creases). - AND 3 other program booklets of the Ballets Russes by Col. de Basil, profusely illustrated (i.a. w. col. tipped-in plates), w. wr. design by I. BILIBINE (1936) (spine-ends dam.), S. LISSIM (1934) and N. GONTCHAROVA (1936).
€ (150-250) 150
80/2149 Ballets Russes  Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe Souvenir With Originals by Léon Bakst and Others 80/2149 Ballets Russes Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe Souvenir With Originals by Léon Bakst and Others
80/2149 [Ballets Russes]. "Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. Souvenir. With Originals by Léon Bakst and Others". New York, Metropolitan Ballet Company, n.d. (1916), (40)p., full-p. col. ills. by L. BAKST, monochr. ills., orig. cordbound gilt embossed wr., folio.

- Spine splitting. Backwr. lacks lower right corner.

= First edition of the original program for the 1916 American tour of the Ballets Russes, with 25 full-page illustrations, featuring 15 plates of Bakst's stage designs and costumes for the productions (14 full color including one double-page), nine duotones of the dancers in performance and frontispiece portrait of Diaghilev after Bakst.

AND 3 other early programs of the Ballets Russes, all w. small defects: "Théatre de l'Opéra. Douzième Saison Russe (...) Mai et Juin 1920", "Serge de Diaghileff. Season of Russian Ballet 1927 at the Princess Theatre" and "Théatre de l'Opéra. Ballets Russes Diaghilew. Décembre 1928- Janvier 1929".

€ (150-250) 160
80 2150 Ballets Russes  Vertès M 80 2150 Ballets Russes Vertès M
80 2150 Ballets Russes  Vertès M 80 2150 Ballets Russes Vertès M
80 2150 Ballets Russes  Vertès M 80 2150 Ballets Russes Vertès M
80/2150 [Ballets Russes]. Vertès, M. 30 Projets de Costumes. Bal du 30 Août a bord de L'Étoile Noire au Palm Beach de Cannes. Cannes, n.publ., 1934, 30 pochoir plates by M. VERTÈS, orig. wr., 4to.

- Wr. partly foxed and dam. along spine.

= Very rare. Nautically themed costumes, which were designed by Vertès for a ball organized during the "Grande semaine moto-nautique de Cannes 28 Aout - 5 Septembre 1934, organisée par le Yacht moteur Club de la Méditerranée". "Les maquettes de costumes dessinées par Vertès peuvent être exécutées rapidement par Madame Karinsky, la costumière des Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (...)" (introd.).

€ (150-250) 150
80 2151 Ballets Russes  Collection 80 2151 Ballets Russes Collection
80 2151 Ballets Russes  Collection 80 2151 Ballets Russes Collection
80/2151 [Ballets Russes]. Collection, consisting of various articles and (offset) prints of the Ballets Russes by Diaghilew, i.a. J.-É. BLANCHE, Léon Bakst dans le Ballet Russe (8p., w. 10 tipped in col. plates after L. BAKST, modern cl., folio) and LES BALLETS RUSSES DE SERGE DE DIAGHILEW. Numéro Spécial de la Revue Musicale (Paris, 1930, plates/ ills., orig. (dam.) wr. Lower margin waterst.). - AND a small stack of ±60 program booklets of i.a. the Ballets Russes, ±1935-1950, i.a. "Ballet Russe Irina Grjebina" (w. an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by I. GRJEBINA on p.(1)) and articles (partly illustrated w. tipped-in col. plates by L. BAKST) in L'Art Décoratif. No.153 (1911, wr. dam.) and L'Art Vivant. No.83 and 114 (1928/ 1929).
€ (200-300)
80 2152 Ballets Russes  Lot of 12 souvenir program booklets 80 2152 Ballets Russes Lot of 12 souvenir program booklets
80/2152 [Ballets Russes]. Lot of 12 souvenir program booklets, Paris/ New York, ±1935-1950, all w. (tipped-in col.) ills., i.a. w. wr. designs after N. GONTCHAROVA, A. DERAIN and P. PICASSO, incl. i.a. the 5th American Season 1937-1948 (w. autographs by i.a. A. DANILOVA, T. RIABOUCHINSKA, P. PETROFF and Y. SHABELEVSKY).
€ (150-250) 180
80/2153 Bez Muz Khudozhestvennoe periodicheskoe izdanie Without Muses Artistic periodical  No 1 80/2153 Bez Muz Khudozhestvennoe periodicheskoe izdanie Without Muses Artistic periodical No 1
80/2153 Bez Muz. Khudozhestvennoe periodicheskoe izdanie (Without Muses. Artistic periodical). No.1. Nizhnyj Novgorod, n.publ., 1918, 52p., orig. wr., 4to.

- Trifle yellowed. Some unobtrusive sm. stains on frontwr.

= All published. Contains contributions by i.a. N. Aseev, R. Ivnev, S. Spassky, S. Tretyakov, V. Khlebnikov and V. Shershenevitch. Scarce. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

€ (200-300) 200
80 2154 Bilibin I 80 2154 Bilibin I
80 2154 Bilibin I 80 2154 Bilibin I
80/2154 Bilibin, I. Byliny. Volga (Legends. The Volga). St. Petersburg, I. Bilibin, 1904, 16p., 5 full-p. chromolithogr. ills., bookdecoration and orig. chromolithogr. wr. by I. BILIBIN, folio.

- Creased and sl. fingersoiled. Wrappers loose, frayed and sl. dam.

= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.55.

€ (80-100) 210
80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A  80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A
80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A  80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A
80/2155 [Bilibin, I.]. (Afanasev, A.). Skazki. Tsarevna-Lyagushka (Fairy tales. The Princess-Frog). St. Petersburg, (State Dispatch Office), 1901, 12p., chromolithogr. ills., bookdecoration and orig. chromolithogr. wr. by I. BILIBIN, folio.

- Wr. loose and w. remnants of sellotape along spine.

= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin."

Bilibin, I. Skazka o zolotom petushke (The tale of the golden cockerel). Ibid., n.publ., 1910 [title-p. dated 1907], 11,(1)p., (4x full-p.) chromolithogr. ills. and bookdecoration by I. BILIBIN, obl. sm. folio.

- Loose(ning). Lacks wr.

= Picture book adaptation of the book publication for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, based on Pushkin's fairy tale. Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.55ff.

€ (100-150) 350
80/2156 Bilibin I  Boris Godounov 80/2156 Bilibin I Boris Godounov
80/2156 [Bilibin, I.]. Boris Godounov. N.pl. (Paris), n.publ., n.d. (±1935), no pagination, tipped-in portrait of FEODOR CHALIAPINE as WLADIMIR GALITZKY, ills., 7 tipped-in col. plates and orig. gilt wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to.

- Vertical crease. Otherwise a fine copy.

€ (70-90)
80/2157 La Chauve Souris  Lot of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve Souris by Nikita Balieff 80/2157 La Chauve Souris Lot of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve Souris by Nikita Balieff
80/2157 [La Chauve-Souris]. Lot of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve-Souris by Nikita Balieff, N.pl., (1923-1924), colour ills. after designs by i.a. SCHOUKHAEFF, GOUDIACHVILI, N. BENOIS, I. REPIN and SOUDEIKINE, orig. wr. by i.a. by A. BENOIS and SOUDEIKINE (2x), folio.

- Partly worn along extremities.

= La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) was the name of a touring revue during the early 1900s. Originating in Moscow and then Paris, and directed by Nikita Balieff, the revue toured the United States and Europe. The show consisted of songs, dances, and sketches, most of which had been originally performed in Russia.

€ (150-250) 150
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