Baron at the Ballet

Arnold Haskell

Published by Collins, London, 1951

About this Item

Introduction and commentary by Arnold L Haskell and foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell. Signed and inscribed twice by George Wakhevitch, set, production and costume designer born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1907. Red cloth hard cover with gilt titles on spine and gilt dancer on front board, only minor wear, but some loss of colour presumably related to damp. Unclipped dust jacket is included and has roughened edges, several small edge tears and one large tear involving most of the length of the spine. Inscribed "Vive le Ballet London 1945-1983 by George Wakhevitch", and includes drawing of a dancer; 8 colour plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs on most of the 222 pages. Published in 1951 this 3rd impression is in good to very good condition with fair dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baron at the Ballet
• Publisher: Collins, London
• Publication Date: 1951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)