If you are a ballet fan then I think you will like this little book. Its called "Balletomania, The Story of an Obsession" and is by Arnold L Haskell. It was first published in 1934. I was lucky to buy it for a few pence!
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Tamara Toumanova in Les Sylphides 1934 |
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Anna Pavlova - Maryinsky period |
And not a few strange ones!
There are also some interesting illustrations which have been taken from sketches from actual productions.
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| Masks from Le Renard (M Larinov) |
It would appear that Arnold L Haskell was absolutely obsessed with ballet, its history and performers.
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Le Coq d'Or (N Gontcharova) |
An interesting wee book - even though I know nothing about ballet!
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Mask in Contes Russes (M Larinov) |
Love, Liz
I'm linking with Sophie at Her Library Adventures for Flea Market Finds.
13 comments:
The illustrations are wonderful! I love to read, hold, and find old beautiful books such as yours. Nice find. I am your new follower.
What a fascinating book, especially the x ray photo !
Ann x
Wonderful ~ I love books like that and what a bargain too.
Karen
This looks like a fascinating buy!!
Jem xXx
That looks a good little read x
Looks like a wonderful book. I'm a huge ballet fan. Have a great day!
Hi Liz, thanks for your comment on my blog. I've just spent a happy hour or so looking through all of your back posts - lovely blog which I shall be following keenly from now on. We've often driven through Greenock on our way to the Western Ferries terminal when going to visit friends in Dunoon. I've always thought it looked like it has some beautiful architecture so I have loved seeing a bit more of it all in your blog posts. Linda xxx
I’m not a ballet fan but i do like the quirky! That death mask is definitely in that category.
Very interesting find! I like quirky too :)
thank you for this little tour around ballet!
n♥
That looks like a lovely book, Liz !
I also love old books.
Wish you a nice week,
Sylvia
Those first couple of pics are lovely. Looks like an interesting book. x
i love looking at old photos. I always like to make up little stories about the people in them :)
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