Bakst: The Story Of The Artists Life
New York: Brentano's, 1922. Bakst, Leon. First American edition. leather_bound. 240 pages. 37.5 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 250. Half title, 68 plates [mostly by Bakst] with printed tissue guards, 52 are color lithographs and mounted, plus illustrations, eleven colored and mounted, some printed in russet, host of black and white text illustrations. Printed by Dr. Selle & Co. A.G., Berlin. Stage decorations for "Orientales, Salome, Phaedra, Blue God, Cleopatra" et al. Costume designs for "Narcissus, Adoration, Bird of Fire, Le Chantre et la Devote," et al. Inteior contents clean and fresh, binding with some spotty hand soiling. Orig. publisher's full vellum dcoratated in blind, backstrip and cover lettered in brown. Very good. Item #23060
Price: $2,450.00