SVETLOV VALERIAN (1860-1935) Tamara Karsavina. London, 1922.

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[12], 149 p., [1] p. frontispiece, [16] p. ill.: ill.; 32.2x22 cm. In English. Edition – 350 numbered copies. Copy No. 164. Numerous illustrations – photographs and drawn portraits of the ballerina. In a publisher’s illustrated cardboard binding by artist Ad. Lavaux. Good condition. Rubbing and minor soiling on the binding, stains on the top cover and spine. Contemporary dedication inscription on the flyleaf. Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (1885-1978) was a Russian ballerina and teacher. She performed as a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre, was a member of Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet, and often danced with Vaslav Nijinsky. After the October Revolution of 1917, she lived and worked in Great Britain. Valerian Yakovlevich Svetlov (1860-1935) was a Russian writer, ballet expert and historian, theater critic, and playwright-librettist. A bibliophile edition dedicated to the famous Tamara Karsavina and her roles.

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