Bakst: The Story of Leon Bakst's Life
New York: Brentano, 1922.
Frontispiece portrait of Bakst by Modigliani. Illustrated with 68 plates, including 52 in full color with lettered tissue guards, and other black & white and color images throughout the text. 240 pages with untrimmed edges. Folio, full stiff vellum, decorative spine (covers slightly bowed and with small blue stain on lower front corner; inner paper hinges weak, ownership signature on preliminary page). New York: Brentano, (1922). A very good(+) copy.
First edition of the English text, American issue. Number 25 of 250 numbered copies with the Brentano imprint. A wonderful retrospective of Bakst's costume and theater design.
Illustrator: Leon Bakst
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: Limited
Language: English
Price: $3,500.00
Item #251993