BEAUMONT, Cyril (1891-1976, author), ALLINSON, A.P., WHITE, Ethelbert, and others (illustrators). 10 titles from the mpressions of the Russian Ballet series. London: 1918-1921. 10 volumes, 8° (250 x 180mm). Hand-coloured illustrations throughout. Original illustrated wrappers, with printed labels on the upper cover when called-for (light soiling, a few covers with small chips at the yapp edges). FIRST EDITIONS, DELUXE ISSUES, hand-coloured and printed on japan vellum, of 10 works in Beaumont's Russian Ballet series. EACH VOLUME ONE OF ONLY 40 COPIES, except L'oiseau de feu which is one of 46 copies. Comprising: Cleopatra (1918); The Good Humoured Ladies (1918); Carnaval (1918); The Three-Cornered Hat (1919); Sheherazade (1919); Children's Tales (1919); L'oiseau de feu (1919); La boutique fantastique (1919); Petrouchka (1919); The Sleeping Princess (1921). Beaumont's meticulous attention to detail make his publications valuable documents of the productions; here Beaumont 'repeatedly viewed the ballets to ensure accurate descriptions and had his illustrators look closely at the actual sets and costumes to ensure correct documentation' (ODNB). (10)
BEAUMONT, Cyril (1891-1976, author), ALLINSON, A.P., WHITE, Ethelbert, and others (illustrators). 10 titles from the mpressions of the Russian Ballet series. London: 1918-1921. 10 volumes, 8° (250 x 180mm). Hand-coloured illustrations throughout. Original illustrated wrappers, with printed labels on the upper cover when called-for (light soiling, a few covers with small chips at the yapp edges). FIRST EDITIONS, DELUXE ISSUES, hand-coloured and printed on japan vellum, of 10 works in Beaumont's Russian Ballet series. EACH VOLUME ONE OF ONLY 40 COPIES, except L'oiseau de feu which is one of 46 copies. Comprising: Cleopatra (1918); The Good Humoured Ladies (1918); Carnaval (1918); The Three-Cornered Hat (1919); Sheherazade (1919); Children's Tales (1919); L'oiseau de feu (1919); La boutique fantastique (1919); Petrouchka (1919); The Sleeping Princess (1921). Beaumont's meticulous attention to detail make his publications valuable documents of the productions; here Beaumont 'repeatedly viewed the ballets to ensure accurate descriptions and had his illustrators look closely at the actual sets and costumes to ensure correct documentation' (ODNB). (10)
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