Teatr Letuchaya Mysh/ N.F. Balieff's Theater of "The Bat" by (Balieff, Nikita) Efros, N.E - 1918

Petrograd: Solntse Rossii, 1918. 4to, decorated wrappers, decorations and vignettes by Sergei Chekhonin. Spine neatly replaced. Fine. Tipped-in photographic plates. First edition marking the first ten years of the theater-cabaret founded by the Jewish russian impressario and former member of Stanislavsky's Moscow Art theater. After the Revolution the theater continued in Paris and New York. WITH program from the New York engagement of 1923-1924 at the Shubert-Alvin Theatre. 4to, color wrappers and illustrations. Small marginal adhesion on page 11 else excellent. Two small paper programs laid in. On the cover Balieff holds the strings as puppets dance. Decor and costumes by Soudeikine and Remisoff. Centerfold of Balieff with nine rows of the audience, which includes Pavlova, Chaliapin, Jolson, Ring Larnder, Anita Loos , Charlie Chaplin and numerous other theatrical and literary notables of the day.. Decorated Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Chekhonin. 4to.