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[SIBERIAN FOLK-SONGS] - [20 Siberian Folk-Songs for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment] 20 narodnykh pesen Sibiri
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[SIBERIAN FOLK-SONGS] - [20 Siberian Folk-Songs for Solo Voice with Piano Accompaniment] 20 narodnykh pesen Sibiri

by PROTASOV, Nikolai Petrovich

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First edition, very rare: OCLC locates the Harvard copy only. Nikolai Protasov (1865–1903), an active member of the Eastern Siberian section of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, was the first to go about a proper collection of the folk-songs of Siberia. In 1901 he recorded, on a phonograph, almost 150 songs, writing some of them out in notation. It is twenty… Read more about this item
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[THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RUSSIAN DIRECTOR] - Cabinet photograph signed ('K. Alekseev (Stanislavskii)') to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii.
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[THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RUSSIAN DIRECTOR] - Cabinet photograph signed ('K. Alekseev (Stanislavskii)') to Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii.

by STANISLAVSKII, Konstantin Sergeevich.

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The great actor and director at the height of his powers. A fine cabinet photograph of Konstantin Stanislavskii (born Alekseev, 1863-1938), the great actor and director, who revolutionised modern theatre in a series of innovative productions at the Moscow Arts Theatre in the pre-war years, developing his famous 'system'. The recipient, Andrei Pavlovich Petrovskii (1869-1933) was a fellow actor and… Read more about this item
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[OPTICAL THEATRE IN 1830s MOSCOW] - [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]. Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie.
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[OPTICAL THEATRE IN 1830s MOSCOW] - [Kinetozographic Views. Announcement]. Kinetozograficheskie vidy. Obiavlenie.

by KUPARENKO, Iordakii.

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Rare broadside for an impressive kinetozographic theatre of 400 animated figures in Moscow, by a hot-air balloon enthusiast now in the Guinness World Records. Forerunners of cinema ("kino" in Russian), kinetozographic (from the Greek, kinetos – "moving", zoon – "animal" and grapho – "write") or, as it was often called, optical theatres specialized in showing images in motion. They appeared in Russia… Read more about this item
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Autograph letter to “cher Directeur” [Jacques Hébertot].
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Autograph letter to “cher Directeur” [Jacques Hébertot].

by Serge DIAGHILEV [DIAGILEV].

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A two-page letter, beautifully signed, where Diaghilev is chasing a significant amount of money due by the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. 38,524 francs is the amount Diaghilev is expecting following a charity gala, where his Ballets Russes performed "absolutely outside the usual cycle of [our] performances given in your theatre". He emphasizes the fact that both accounts, for the gala and for… Read more about this item
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[WITH WATERCOLOUR] - Boris Godounov.
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[WITH WATERCOLOUR] - Boris Godounov.

by POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Boris ZWORYKINE (artist) [PUSHKIN and ZVORYKIN].

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FINE EXAMPLE OF THE DELUXE VERSION ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL (№24 OF ONLY 35 COPIES), WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY ZVORYKIN AND TWO ADDITIONAL SUITES, one in colour, like in the book, the other in black and white; the total print run was only 995 copies. Zvorykin (1872 - 1942) was a Russian artist, graphic designer, icon painter, and translator. In 1915,… Read more about this item
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L’Art décoratif de Léon Bakst.
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L’Art décoratif de Léon Bakst.

by [BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, Arsène and Jean COCTEAU.

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BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJOR LUXURY WORK ON BAKST'S ART, THE FIRST ONE OF ITS KIND, AND THE MOST IMPRESSIVE, especially attractive thanks to its art-déco publisher's binding, here in great condition. It focuses on Bakst's costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes together with a few set designs, gathering most of his most famous creations. Interestingly, it occasionally mentions the owner… Read more about this item
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L'Œuvre de Léon Bakst pour La Belle au Bois dormant.
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L'Œuvre de Léon Bakst pour La Belle au Bois dormant.

by [BAKST] - LEVINSON, André.

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With the impressive and fragile original gilt-decorated card box, usually lacking, and which kept here the copy in excellent condition. This is copy num. 26 out of only 500, signed both by Bakst and Brunoff. This famous work - described by Bakst himself as a 'magnifique édition pleine de bon goût' - is a record of his extensive contribution to Diaghilev's… Read more about this item
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The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess.
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The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess.

by [BAKST] - LEVINSON, André.

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An exceptionally fresh example of this limited edition, with only the binding very lightly stained, the cloth bright and fresh and immaculate inside. This famous work, finely produced, is a record of Bakst's extensive contribution to Diaghilev's revival of La Belle au Bois Dormant at the Alhambra Theatre in London in 1921. It shows Bakst's sets and costumes, which present… Read more about this item
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[COPY Num. 1] - Bakst. The Story of the Artist’s Life.
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[COPY Num. 1] - Bakst. The Story of the Artist’s Life.

by [BAKST] - LEVINSON, André.

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COPY NUMBER 1 (out of 315 for the UK) of the first edition of this celebrated work, especially remarkable for presenting also Bakst's drawings, sketches, paintings, portraits and theatre settings next to his famous costumes for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Uncut example, with the striking fragile vellum publisher's binding in very good condition. Description Folio (37.5 x 29 cm). Leaf with publisher's mark,… Read more about this item
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[ON JAPON WITH DOUBLE SUITE] - Boris Godounov.
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[ON JAPON WITH DOUBLE SUITE] - Boris Godounov.

by POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV].

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FRESH EXAMPLE OF THE DELUXE VERSION ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL (№10 OF ONLY 18 COPIES), WITH THE TWO ADDITIONAL SUITES AND SIGNED BY SCHIFFRIN, who translated and published the work. One suite is in colour, like in the book, the other in black and white; the total print run was only 445 copies. Shukhaev (1887-1973) studied at the Higher Artistic School of… Read more about this item
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[OPERA COSTUMES IN UKRAINE & AZERBAIJAN] - Collection of costume designs for opera and ballet.
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[OPERA COSTUMES IN UKRAINE & AZERBAIJAN] - Collection of costume designs for opera and ballet.

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Colorful collection of original drawings showing costume designs for world famous ballets and operas by various artists for the Odessa, Kharkov, Kiev and Baku theatres. The collection includes costume designs for dancers in the Walpurgis Night scene from Faust; for Patriarch and Boris Godunov in Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky; for the ladies-in-waiting of Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin by Richard… Read more about this item
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[The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy].
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[The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned his Crust. A Comedy].

by TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich [TOLSTOI].

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Drink on stage: the first edition of Tolstoy's first play. A rare appearance of this fragile booklet, in the original wrappers. The First Distiller is a comedy on the evils of drink. Its first performances, in an open-air theatre, are said to have been so popular that censors became concerned and banned subsequent performances.Tolstoy's The Power of Darkness – the only… Read more about this item
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[The Power Of Darkness, Drama In 5 Acts]
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[The Power Of Darkness, Drama In 5 Acts]

by TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich [TOLSTOI].

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First edition of this socio-political play, admired by the Tsar and banned by the tsarist censorship for the stage until 1895. The play was based on the criminal case of a peasant from the Tula province, Efrem Koloskov, whom Tolstoy visited in prison. According to the materials of the criminal case, considered in the Tula district court, Koloskov was convicted… Read more about this item
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[A Living Corpse. A drama in 6 acts and 12 scenes]
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[A Living Corpse. A drama in 6 acts and 12 scenes]

by TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich [TOLSTOI].

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First separate edition of Tolstoy's answer to Chekhov – a very good example of this large-format edition, unopened in the charming art-nouveau wrappers and illustrated with plates celebrating the author: three portraits and a view of his tomb in the woods. Edited by Vladimir Chertkov, Tolstoy's literary executor, author of the preface and a major figure in Tolstoy's late publishing… Read more about this item
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