Svetlov, Valerien - Book "Tamara Karsavina" 1911 Unsigned Photos - Opera French soprano of American parentage

French soprano of American parentage (1873-

first published in Italian in 1980

opera by Samuel Barber

inscribed and dated in 1954

spotted rust and binding residues on the left border

Svetlov, Valerien - Book "Tamara Karsavina" 1911 Unsigned Photos - Opera French soprano of American parentageFirst English edition of this classic ballet book by Valerien Svetlov, published by C. W. Beaumont, London, 1922. Volume dedicated to a biography of famous dancer Tamara Karsavina (1885 1978), a total of 148 numbered pages plus extras, with many full page illustrations, some in color and others in sepia tone. Original hard covers, 8. 5 x 12. 4 inches, some wear on covers, spotted stains in title pages, in very good condition.