Propert, W.A. The Russian Ballet: 1921-1929.

With a preface by Jacques Emile Blanche and forty-eight illustrations.

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1931].
4to, XVII, 103 pp., XLVIII l.ill.

In original black cloth with gilt lettering. Without dust jacket.
In good condition, lightly rubbed and soiled, small tears to spine, bookstore label to first endpaper ‘Librairie du Spectacle Garnier Arnoul’.

This book, dedicated to the memory of Serge Diaghilev, who passed away in 1929, chronicles the final years of his legendary Ballets Russes. It serves as a companion volume to the Propert's earlier work, ‘The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909–1920’ (1921), bringing the history of this groundbreaking company to its conclusion.
The book includes a preface by the French artist and renowned portrait painter Jacques- Émile Blanche (1861–1942). It is further enriched with 48 photographic plates depicting scenes from Diaghilev’s ballets and features a complete list of the 63 ballets staged by the company between 1909 and 1929.