Original Program Presents Col by Hurok Basil (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Front cover has a small color illustration of two musicians and a ballerina standing atop a horse in a country landscape. No date, circa 1935. 9" x 12." 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, tiny closed tears at head of spine, and small occasional marks and stains. Covers are very clean and intact except for a bump and several tiny closed tears at head of spine, light to moderate age toning, several small wrinkles, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is a promotional program for Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, a ballet company, for an unknown season (c. 1935-1936). The following are some of the contents: "History of Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes" by Edwin Evans (brief article about de Basil's company); bound-in repertoire or repertory with synopses (may be a partial list of the company's ballets); "Who's Who" section with 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 Colonel W. de Basil, Rene Blum, Efrem Kurtz, Antal Dorati, S. Hurok, Leonide Massine, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, David Lichine, Alexandra Danilova, and Yurek Chabelevsky. Some of the advertised products and businesses: Florel Parfumeur, P. L. M. French Railway, Hotel Astoria, Prince Matchabelli, and Waldorf Astoria. Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo (not to be confused with one of its successors, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) was founded in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil), Rene Blum, and Serge Denham. In 1934, de Basil and Blum parted ways. De Basil renamed his company Original Ballet Russe, and Blum and Leonide Massine went on to form their own company, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Original Ballet Russe remained in business until 1947 when it disbanded. Original Ballet Russe had a brief revival in 1951 but went out of business in 1952 due to financial reasons.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a stylized depiction of a knight holding a sword and shield. No date, circa 1936. 9 1/2" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white; several color illustrations in center), complete. Many advertisements for various products and businesses included. A thin vertical strip of paper is bound in before Alexandra Danilova's portrait illustration (this may have been where another page was or it may simply be a stub, in which case no pages are missing). Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear and wrinkling to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (not to be confused with Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo) for Season 1936-1937 (4th American Season). The following are some of the contents: introductory statements for the current season and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of S. Hurok, Leonide Massine, Lubov Tchernicheva, David Lichine, Alexandra Danilova, Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova, Yurek Shabelevsky, Nina Verchinina, Tamara Grigorieva, Olga Morosova, Eugenie Delarova, Paul Petroff, and Roman Jasinsky. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program: Capehart, Caron, French Railways, Coty, The Stevens hotel in Chicago, Koret, Helena Rubinstein, Pinaud, Padinox, Guerlain, and French Line. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo and the similarly named Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo were the successors to Serghei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was formed in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil) and Rene Blum. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was renamed Original Ballet Russe after de Basil and Blum parted ways (Blum's company became the aforementioned Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo). Original Ballet Russe remained active until 1947. Notably, impresario Sol Hurok came to manage both de Basil's Original Ballet Russe and Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows two stylized figures, a male dancer lifting a female dancer in a graceful pose. No date, circa 1937. 9 1/2" x 12." Unpaginated, all pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color (most in black-and-white; several color illustrations in center), complete. Many advertisements for various products and businesses included. Pages are very clean and intact except for glue residue on the Prince Matchabelli ad (this may have been the adhesive for a now-missing illustration, but it may also simply be a stain), occasional colored pencil inscriptions limited to margins, creases on a few of the portrait illustrations, and light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for several small wrinkles and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. This is an original program for Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (not to be confused with Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo) for Season 1937-1938 (5th American Season). The following are some of the contents: introductory statements for the current season; synopses of at least some of the company's ballets; brief biographical information about some of the company's staff and dancers; announcement for "Argentinita and her Spanish ballet"; and black-and-white photographic portrait illustrations of W. de Basil, S. Hurok, Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, David Lichine, Lubov Tchernicheva, Alexandra Danilova, Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Paul Petroff, Yurek Shabelevsky, Roman Jasinsky, Tamara Grigorieva, Eugenie Delarova, and Olga Morosova. Some of the advertised products or businesses in this program: Flexees, Caron, Lanvin, Helena Rubinstein, Bellows & Company, Prince Matchabelli, French State Railways, and Pinaud. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo and the similarly named Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo were the successors to Serghei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was formed in 1931 by Wassily de Basil (commonly referred to as Colonel W. de Basil) and Rene Blum. Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo was renamed Original Ballet Russe after de Basil and Blum parted ways (Blum's company became the aforementioned Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo). Original Ballet Russe remained active until 1947. Notably, impresario Sol Hurok came to manage both de Basil's Original Ballet Russe and Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.