Jean Cocteau Notes (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leon Bakst (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps. Minor shelf wear, corners a bit rubbed. 48 color plates, 29 b&w. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leon Bakst (illustrator). A very good copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine, moderate wear at the extremities. Slight damp-stain to upper edge of the last 20 or so pages of the volume; no mustiness to the volume. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon état. 2e édition. In-8 broché 20,8 cm sur 13,7. 214 pages. Bon état d'occasion.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good to fine condition. Limited edition. 1/80. Small Elephant Folio. [6], 49pp. (text), 77 leaves (plates), [8]pp. Uncut at fore- and bottom edges. Original gilt-stamped full vellum, with gilt vignette on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Top edge gilt. Laid in, an original pochoir-highlighted watercolor signed and dated in pencil by the artist in lower right margin, protected by modern mylar. Mounted photogravure frontispiece portrait of Leon Bakst with his facsimile signature below gravure. Title page printed in red and black. Limitation page with publisher's signature. Additional publisher's signature on verso of first front free endpaper. Historiated head- and tailpieces after Bakst. Chapter titles and initials printed in red. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg (Bakst), painter and stage designer, realized his greatest artistic success in the Alesandrinksy and Maryinsky theaters, and later from 1901 to 1921 with Diaghilev at the Ballet Russe where he designed more productions than any other artist. Theater and costume designs for more than ten ballet works appear in this splendid deluxe edition containing 77 tipped-in plates, all but one after Bakst, 4 of them folding and 50 in full color, with pochoir highlights. The striking plates of Leon Bakst's stage sets and costumes for the Ballet Russe are accompanied by synopses of the plays by Jean Cocteau for whom they were designed. Bakst's brilliant control of color, line and decoration give his stage pictures a visual rhythm. Color and chromatic combinations were used emotionally and sensuously. The splendid costumes are richly decorated with a myriad of motifs and decorative shapes. Captions for each plate on facing plates. Text in French. Covers with minor smudging, interior in near fine to fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to fine condition. First English edition. Folio. [8], 51pp. (text), 77 [1] leaves (plates). Uncut. Original gilt-stamped three-quarter vellum over decorative, paper-covered boards, with Bakst signature stamped to cover, gilt lettering on green leather label, and gilt ruling on spine. Top edge gilt. Mounted photogravure frontispiece portrait of Leon Bakst with his facsimile signature below gravure. Title page printed in red and black. Historiated head- and tailpieces after Bakst. Chapter titles and initials printed in red. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg (Bakst), painter and stage designer, realized his greatest artistic success in the Alesandrinksy and Maryinsky theaters, and later from 1901 to 1921 with Diaghilev at the Ballet Russe where he designed more productions than any other artist. Theater and costume designs for more than ten ballet works appear in this splendid edition containing 77 tipped-in plates, all but one after Bakst, 4 of them folding and 50 in full color, with pochoir highlights. The striking plates of Leon Bakst's stage sets and costumes for the Ballet Russe are accompanied by synopses of the plays by Jean Cocteau for whom they were designed. Bakst's brilliant control of color, line and decoration give his stage pictures a visual rhythm. Color and chromatic combinations were used emotionally and sensuously. The splendid costumes are richly decorated with a myriad of motifs and decorative shapes. Captions for each plate on facing plates. Covers with minor smudging, interior in near fine to fine condition. Binding with some rubbing on front over and spine. Title page with small inked initials (HTK). Interior and plates in fine condition.