Leonide Massine (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear to board edges. Dust jacket shows edge wear, otherwise very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Multicolored illustration on front cover shows concert art of a stage scene with a figure playing the horn and two anthropomorphic trees. No date, circa 1942. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white), complete. Included are many advertisements for a variety of products and businesses. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, occasional faint spots of discoloration, and a few small bumps and slight wear to extremities. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for the 1942-1943 American Tour. Sergei J. Denham was the director at the time. The following are some of the contents. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of ballet dancers Alexandra Danilova, Mia Slavenska, Nathalie Krassovska, Igor Youskevitch, Frederic Franklin, Roland Guerard, Lubov Rostova, George Zoritch, David Tihmar, and Milada Mladova. Black-and-white portrait illustrations of company staff (including Leonide Massine, Jean Yazvinsky, Franz Allers, and Gregor Fittelberg) and choreographers. Black-and-white illustrations showing performance stills and group photos. Partial ballet repertoire (ballets the company performs) with summaries. Four pages of color illustrations in center showing concept art. Some of the advertised products or businesses: Rosemarie, Columbia Concerts, Ciro, Sirocco, and Helena Rubinstein. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was founded in 1937 by Rene Blum and Leonide Massine. This ballet company was one of the successors of Ballets Russes which had dissolved after Blum and Wassily de Basil (also known as Colonel W. de Basil) had parted ways. The company was active until 1968 when it became bankrupt. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. 1949 Second printing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 96 pages; items b/about; Play Featured Tennessee Williams, the Rose Tattoo and an Article By Tennessee Williams on the Timeless World of a Play); Special Section on Theatre Arts in Italy---william Weaver's the De Filippos Family; La Scala, Ballet, theatre Festivals, etc); and more. b/w photos, Ads, Etc; Cover Art: Leonide Massine & the Grand Ballet of Marquis De Cuevas in Neopolican Carousel (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Text block edges slightly dulled by age with slight soiling at bottom corner, but virtually without wear otherwise. Dust jacket shows rubbed flap folds, toned spine and rear panels, closed tear along top front edge, chipping w/ minor loss at head of spine, now in archival mylar. 2nd ptg.: Oct. 1949. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a man and woman wearing masks and costumes. No date, circa 1940. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, a few in color, complete. Advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are clean and intact overall but have light age toning and small occasional marks and stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for creases in upper-right corner on front, light age toning, several small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, a ballet company, for Season 1940-1941. The following are some of the contents: the company's repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list); brief biographical information about some of the dancers; concept art; black-and-white illustrations of production stills; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Leonide Massine, S. Hurok, Jean Yazvinsky, Franz Allers, Alexandra Danilova, Alicia Markova, Mia Slavenska, Igor Youskevitch, Andre Eglevsky, Frederic Franklin, Roland Guerard, Nathalie Krassovska, Lubov Rostova, George Zoritch, Marc Platoff, Lubov Roudenko, Katia Geleznova, Jeanette Lauret, Milada Mladova, Simon Semenoff, Nicolas Beriosoff, Michel Katcharoff, Casimir Kokitch, Chris Volkoff, Thomas Armour, Ian Gibson, Tania Grantzeva, Leila Crabtree, Anna Scarpova, Tatiana Chamie, Eleanora Marra, and Yolanda Lacca. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Elizabeth Arden, Casino Russe, The Book of Ballets, and the School of American Ballet. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (not to be confused with one of its predecessors, Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo) was founded in 1938 by Leonide Massine and Rene Blum. Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil had formerly led the Ballets Russes company but parted ways in 1934. Following this, de Basil and Blum went on to form their own companies, Original Ballet Russe and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, respectively. When Massine joined in 1938, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo was renamed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo remained in business until 1968.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration (possibly by Christian Berard) on front cover shows a man leaning forward, with one hand raised in the air and one leg slightly kicked back, and a serpentine figure in background (may be concept art for Beethoven's Seventh Symphony). No date, circa 1938. 9" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, a few in color, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but have light age toning and occasional marks and stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning, several small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, a ballet company, for Season 1938-1939. The following are some of the contents: the company's repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list) and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of Leonide Massine, Serge Lifar, Boris Kochno, Efrem Kurtz, S. Hurok, Alexandra Danilova, Tamara Toumanova, Alicia Markova, Mia Slavenska, Nina Theilade, Igor Youskevitch, Frederic Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, Michel Panaieff, Eugenie Delarova, Anna Scarpova, Lubov Roudenko, Jeanette Lauret, Marc Platoff, Roland Guerard, Marcel Fenchel, George Zoritch, Milada Mladova, Marina Franca, Lubov Rostova, Tatiana Flotat, Christian Berard, Henri Matisse, and Pavel Tchelitcheff. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Lentheric, Guerlain, Lanvin, Helena Rubinstein, Saks Fifth Avenue, Elizabeth Arden, Chicago's Blackstone hotel, New York's Reuben's Restaurant, New York's Russian Tea Room Restaurant, and French Line cruises. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (not to be confused with one of its predecessors, Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo) was founded in 1938 by Leonide Massine and Rene Blum. Blum and Colonel Wassily de Basil had formerly led the Ballets Russes company but parted ways in 1934. Following this, de Basil and Blum went on to form their own companies, Original Ballet Russe and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, respectively. When Massine joined in 1938, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo was renamed Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo remained in business until 1968.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, tight binding and sharp corners. Organized by ballet and illustrated with color and halftone illustrations by Matisse, Picasso, Berard, and others. Small 4to. 246 pp. Including bibliography. Free of any markings, not ex-library. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Softcover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general shelfwear with some loss to the laminate at the edge of the front cover where it meets the spine. Internally contents clean and fresh. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 80 plates, several in colour, the majority in b/w. This spectacular sale of costumes and backdrops from the Diaghilev and de Basil ballets included designs by Leon Bakst, Giorgio di Chirico, Andre Derain and Pablo Picasso.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Over-sized stapled paper covers. Light wear to the covers. Some light superficial surface saoiling to the rear cover. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. A slight musty odor. No name of previous owner. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo January 1940 Binding: Trade Paperback.

Condition: Good. Hurok Attractions New York 1938 staple bound. wraps age toned and creased.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VERY GOOD Condition Stiff,double spine stapled, PaperCovers.Cover Excellent condition with 2 dancers in pink/white on blue. ; Photos, color adverts; np 80pg? pages; Dancers FULL PAGE PHOTOS , art drawings.many famous dancers and choreographers.; . .This would be an interesting GIFT for someone involved in a production of the DANCE. Illustrated by CHAGALL, MARC COLOR ART.(VENTI COVER ART) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is an official program from the Ballet Russe for the 1938-1939 season. Drawing by Matisse on cover. Synapses of ballets and photos of dancers. Advertising for restaurants, etc. in New York City. Book.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:0571093027.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. No 44 of 750 copies. ISBN: 0856670006 Pages: 170 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 179, 121pp + 144 plates. Bright pink boards, gilt spine lettering. Near fine book, contents clean, very good dust jacket. A LIMITED EDITION of 750 copies of which this is number 96. Includes Sotheby's catalogues of July 17, 1968 and December 19, 1969.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:0571093027. …

Condition: Good. Boards are clean. Content is clean with light spotting. Good DJ with some spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. B&W Photographs & Color Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 246 pages; 1939 Crown Publishers. Stout oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition. Soundly bound and unmarked in original color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with b&w photographs and halftones along with about 30 plates from paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Berard etc. Generally quite neat but with light to moderate doxing to front edge of page block and some foxing to the front edges of the color plates and occasionally to edge of adjacent pages of text. Expected toning in the endpage gutters almost ubiquitous in books printed in the 30's. Just trace shelf evidence to jacket edges, short closed tear to crown of spine panel and mild dulling at spine. Laid in at rear is a 1943 program for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo prsentation of Les Sylphides at the Locust Theater in Philadelphia. VG/VG+.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Program for the 1939-1940 season. Many B&W photographs of the performers, and color illustrations of some sets in the center; some of these designed by Picasso and by Salvador Dali. The line drawing on the cover is by Matisse. Stapled wraps. Some rubbing along spine edge, and a bit of bumping at spine ends. Just a bit of light surface rubbing. Staples somewhat rusty. Else covers clean. Pages clean. There is a full color perfume ad on the inside of the front cover ("parfum poudre rouge a levres"); and a B&W perfume ad on the inside of the rear cover (Lengyel). ; B&W Photos and Color Illustrations; THT14B; 12 x 9-1/2".…

Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. Broadside, 34 x 7" Works: Serenade, The New Yorker (George Gershwin), Gaite Parisienne, Poker Game, Spectre de la Rose, Nutcracker, Vienna-1814, Afternoon of a Faun, Capriccio Espangnol, Swan Lake, Bacchanale, Giselle, The Bluebird, Fantastic Toyshop, Coppelia, Petrouchka, Serenade, Scheherazade, Les Sylphides, Seventh Symphony. Creased, VG. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair (Protective cover). The book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and both text and photos are clean. There is one dark brown stain along the page edges, but it does reach and text or photos. There is a lot of chipping along the dust jacket top and a ton of yellowiing all over. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seymour, Maurice [Photographer] (illustrator). By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good D. J. First Edition. INSCRIBED on photo 40 by George Zoritch. FINE hard cover first edition with good dust jacket.LARGE or HEAVY BOOK, MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. NO AMAZON OVERSEAS SHIPPING. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hard board, dj, 8vo, 318 pp, many illustrations on plates; -dj little rubbed, paper slightly browned, very good copy. Diaghilev Ballets Russes.

Softcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First printing. Small Folio. [56]pp. Original tan stiff wraps with Salvador Dali illustration and his facsimile signature and date on cover; protected by modern mylar. Cover with Dali motif and facsimile signature. Profusely illustrated with head shots of ballet dancers, incl. b/w photo portraits of Leonide Massine, S. Hurok, Tamara Toumanova, Nathalie Krassovska, many others. In addition the program is illustrated with numerous b/w full page performance scenes. Text in English. Light smudging along top half of back cover near spine. Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) was the founder of the Ballets Russes, a troupe that revolutionized modern design, fashion and theater and is widely regarded as the most influential ballet company of the 20th Century. It performed first in Paris in 1909 at the Palls Garnier with overwhelming success. Diaghilev himself was skeptical about ballet, at times referring to the dancers as "a herd of cattle." Diaghilev's success, however, was based on his idea to combine dance, music and visual arts, including set design and costumes, with Leon Bakst as the artistic director of the Ballet Russes. Key to the tremendous success of the Ballets Russes was the mix of traditional ballet with show elements, that way making it more appealing to the general public, and influential in contemporary art at the same time. After Diaghilev's death in 1929 his property was claimed by his creditors and in 1931, Wassily de Basil (a Russian émigré) and René Blum, ballet director at the Monte Carlo Opera, founded the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. Its first performance was given in 1932 at the Monte Carlo Opera.…

Condition: Good. Large 4to. [34pp.] 24.5 x 32 cm. Original wraps with fabric ties. Cover time time stained. Small circular orange label on title pages bottom, Interior decorations by Michel Larionow for Stravinsky's Renard and Gonthcharova for Le Mariage de la belle au bois dormant. Photos of dancers and celebrities.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Edited by Phyllis Hartnoll and Robert Rubens. With a catalogue of Ballets by Phyllis Hartnoll. MacMillan, St Martin's Press. London. 1968.De 23x15 cm. Com 318 págs. Encadernação do editor com sobrecapa de protecção. Folhas de guarda ilustradas. Ilustrado em extratexto com fotografias a preto e branco, sobre papel couché.Exemplar com um pedaço de papel colada na folha de anterrosto com dedicatória do autor a Dr. Joaquim Gamboa datada de 1969, e sobrecapa de protecção ligeiramente manuseada. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: SACO RS678-22.…

London: George Routledge & Sons, (1939). Folio. Or.cl. Gilt. (slightly rubbed, with faded spine). (34pp.text). With tipped-in portr., and 31 full-page tipped-in plates. Previous owner's inscription on front end-paper. Uncut. 1st ed.

Condition: Very good. Lux Studios, [1954]., [1954]. Very good. AN ORIGINAL PENCIL, PEN & INK DRAWING BY THE COSTUME DESIGNER MARIA DE MATTEIS FOR THE SOPHIA LOREN MOVIE NEAPOLITAN CAROUSEL WHICH ALSO STARRED THE GREAT BALLET DANCER LEONIDE MASSINE - An approximately 18 inches high by 12 inches wide pen & ink drawing in a 22 inch high by 16 inch wide mat. The drawing depicts a dancer in tights and high boots, a vest over a flowery sleeved blouse, a flowing sash at her waist. A tall large-brimmed straw hat, topped with a flower & veil, over a head scarf adorns the dancer's head. In the background, behind the finished pen & ink drawing, is the penciled outline of another dancer in a long full dress with a tambourine held aloft. Words penciled at right indicate the colors for the garments Maria De Matteis has designed. Boldly identified in blue on the verso as "Carosello Napoletano / 1958 / Regia E. Gianini / Lux Film", with further details identifying the scene penned at the bottom of the verso "Ballerino / Taranbella finale I Zempo" with the artist's name "Maria de Matteis" with her Rome and Firenze addresses centered at the bottom. There are several creases and the drawing is mounted to a brown mat with pieces of brown tape along the edges of the verso. The gallery's label, affixed to the verso of a cardboard backing sheet further attests to the work's provenance. Provenance: From the "Wright / Hepburn / Webster Gallery"; "205 East 60th Street New York, N.Y. 10022", with the gallery's label mounted onto the cardboard backing. The drawing is further identified by them in green ink on their label as "Maria De Matteis, Carosello Napoletano 1958, Regia E. Giannini Lux Film, Baccerino". The drawing is misdated by the gallery as the film was released in 1954. The gallery's mistake is likely due to the the number "3" in the date penned on the verso of the drawing, has been over-written and smudged so that "1953" looks like "1958". Nell Webster, an actress and art dealer, opened her gallery in 1968 with 2 partners. The gallery mounted the first exhibition of contemporary Soviet theater, film, ballet and opera designs to be shown outside the Soviet Union. The Italian costume designer Maria De Matteis, 1898-1988, received numerous nominations and awards for her costume designs including "War and Peace", "The Bible", and "Barabbas". She won the British Academy Film Award for costume design for "Waterloo" and the Nastro d'Argento Award for "The Golden Coach" and "Gastone".…