Dancing for Diaghilev : the memoirs of Lydia Sokolova.
by Lydia Sokolova, edited by Richard Buckle:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1960. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xi, 287pp. Frontispiece, plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (some rubbing, edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. Loosely inserted is a 2-page handwritten letter from Lydia Sokolova.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74932
- Title
- Dancing for Diaghilev : the memoirs of Lydia Sokolova.
- Author
- Lydia Sokolova, edited by Richard Buckle:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray, 1960.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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