De Sardes, Guillaume Nijinsky: Sa vie, son geste, sa pensée.

[Paris], Hermann, [2006].
8vo, 247 pp., ill.

In original pictorial wrappers.
Near very good condition, lightly rubbed.

This book offers a detailed exploration of Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the greatest dancers and choreographers of the early 20th century. Author Guillaume de Sardes (b. 1979)—a writer, photographer, art historian, and French curator—reconstructs Nijinsky's life and career through memoirs of those who knew him and archival materials from the Bibliothèque de l'Opéra. The book traces Nijinsky's meteoric rise to fame, from his early breakthrough in 1904 to his final performance in 1919.