Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig. The Prose & Poetry of Action

Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1988

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First edition. One of 450 copies produced by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin, Texas. xvii, 138pp. Eight illustrations, one facsimile; title-page decoration hand-colored by Albert Sperisen. Notes, bibliography, index. Japanese rayon-silk fabric boards, linen spine. A very fine copy. A "chronicle of the love affair and collaboration of two of the leading influences on modern dance and the theater." Most of the illustrations, as well as quotations from Craig's letters to Isadora, are published here for the first time.

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Title
Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig. The Prose & Poetry of Action
Author
Splatt, Cynthia
Publisher
The Book Club of California, San Francisco
Publication year
1988
Condition
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
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