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Programme des Ballets Russes. Paris: Maurice de Brunoff, May 1917. Large quarto softcover brochure with illustrations by Pablo Picasso, Léon Bakst and others, printed in color, with photographs of the performers, text by Guillaume Apollinaire, Bakst, and others, 68 pages, smyth sewn, with gold rope tie, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. [together with] Rag-Time d'Igor Strawinsky pour Onze Instruments Transcription pour Piano par L'Auteur, London: J & W Chester, Ltd., [c. 1922], cover illustration by Picasso, front cover detached. (2)
Estimate $700-900
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J & W Chester Ltd., Pablo Picasso, Bakst, London, ParisJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.