The Sleeping Princess - Camera Studies

Anthony, Gordon / Benois, Nadia / Haskell, Arnold / Lambert, Constant

Published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1940

About this Item

1940 1st edition. 49pp + 63 plates. Blue cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling. Nice DW with some tears/tape repairs, minor loss, some chipping to edges, minor soiling/creasing. Beautiful B&W photo plates by Gordon Anthony. A photographic record of Sadler's Wells Ballet's 1939 production of Tchaikovsky's ''Sleeping Princess'' based on ''The Sleeping Beauty'', under the direction of Nicolas Segueeff and starring Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann. Includes 63 full page B&W plates. Also includes narrative on ''Tchaikovsky & the Ballet'', the decor & costumes of this production, and ''Aurora Truly Wedded'' concerning the various productions of the ballet. Scarce in DW. This is a heavy book that may attract additional postage costs - please contact me for details. Seller Inventory # 006703

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sleeping Princess - Camera Studies

Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Anthony, Gordon

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

Edition: First Edition