Russian Ballets. By Adrian Stokes.

Second Edition with dustwrapper. Signed by the Author, plus hand-written letter from Adrian Stokes. pp.213/[1p.] +16 plates. Original blue cloth binding. Gilt titles to spine. Edges rubbed and soiled. Corners bumped. Dustwrapper now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Black & white image of ballet dancers and red titles. Edges very rubbed, with loss to corners and top of spine. Dedication to front endpaper: " For Edith Freeman from her admiring friend Adrian Stokes". loosely inserted letter on headed paper: "Hurtwood House, Albury, Guildford."; dated "Dec 29th 1954". Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG/G. * N.B.: "Edith" is thought to refer to 'Edith Freeman'. EDITH FREEMAN (1920-2010). Lived in Ballingdon Street, Sudbury, Suffolk. A prolific writer of Sudbury history, including; Sudbury Evolves, The Heart of Sudbury, A View of Victorian Sudbury, The Little Book of Ballingdon, Sudburys Story, Call Back Yesterday, Sudburys Story (1000yrs in the History of a Small English Town) & Gainsboroughs Sudbury. *** "Adrian Durham Stokes (27 October 1902 15 December 1972) was a British art critic with a speciality in early Renaissance sculpture and the aesthetics of stone-carving. He helped to turn the traditional Cornish fishing-port of St. Ives into an internationally acclaimed centre of modern art." - See Wikipedia

Product Info

Publisher: London: Faber And Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, 1942 . 0

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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