Sergej Lifar. With 16 Drawings by Eileen Mayo, Texts by B. Kochno and C.W. Beaumont. London. 1928.

№33 of 500 copies. Limited edition. In English. 16 full-page monochrome illustrations by Mayo.

Octavio (33,2 x 28 cm). 11, [18] p. Original cardstock wrappers with coated stock on the top of covers. Laid paper pages with deckle edges.
Provenance: Richard Buckle (bookplate).
Richard Buckle (1916 – 2001) was a lifelong devotee of ballet, and a well-known ballet critic. He founded the magazine Ballet in 1939. Between 1948 and 1955 he was ballet critic for The Observer. His publications include the most comprehensive biographies of Nijinsky (1971) and Diaghilev (1979).
Good condition.