201 Pp. + Two Page Catalog Of Van Vechten's Books At Rear. Black Boards. Paper Labels On Front Cover And Spine. A 1920 Revised Edition Of His 1917 Work, Updated And With A New Critical Essay (For The Most Part About The Relation Between Critic And Interpreter) Added In The Form Of An Epilogue. The "Interpretations" Of The Earlier Work Have Been Omitted And An Epilogue Added. Sixteen Full-Page Plates From Photographs Have Also Been Added. A Near Fine Copy, Spine And Front Cover Labels Bright And Clean, With Wear At Head Of Spine Where Book Has Been Carelessly Pulled. Dustjacket Has Some Wear, Spine Fade, A 1/4" Wide By 1/2" Deep Chip On Rear Panel At Top, A Small Chip At Top Of Spine, None Of Which Affects Lettering, Although One "E" On Rear Panel Is Mostly Rubbed Away By A Small Abrasion. Attractive Bookplate Of Hollywood Writer Juliette Laine On Front Pastedown. Jonas, Carl Van Vechten, A Bibliography, #3A.

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Title

Interpreters [Olive Fremstad, Geraldine Farrar, Mary GArden, Feodor Chaliapine, Mariette MAzarin, Yvette Guilbert, and Waslav Nijinsky]

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf [1917], New York

Publication Date

1920

Language

English

Binding

Black Cloth

Edition

First Revised Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good Dustjacket

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Fine and unusual first editions and out of print books in all categories. Original photographs, Fine antiquarian and other original prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors. Motion picture and television scripts. Ephemera, Manuscripts and autographs. In business on the internet since 1999. Open by appointment only, in Pasadena, California.

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