91 B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s Containing 15 Mounted Photographs Of Famous Ballet Dancers Including Nijinsky And Federova 119. HOPPÉ, E.O. Studies from the Russian Ballet. London, 1911. Folio, unbound, original half gray cloth, paper cover label, two loose text leaves, fifteen black-and-white photographs (measuring 6 by 8 inches) mounted on sheets of cream cardstock (measuring 9-1/2 by 14 inches). $4500. First edition of acclaimed photographer Emil Hoppé’s first book, featuring 15 lovely mounted rotogravures of the Russian Ballet’s most talented principal dancers, housed in original portfolio. Rare. This published portfolio—the first book by acclaimed society and theater photographer Emil Hoppé— contains 15 photographs of some of the most prominent dancers of the early Russian Ballet, including Nijinsky, Federova, Karsavina, and Bolm, all dressed in full costume and striking a variety of ballet poses. Photographs fine, a few isolated spots of foxing and soiling to title page, plate list, and mounts, inner hinges of portfolio reinforced, a bit of wear to extremities of portfolio. A lovely copy in extremely good condition. Rare. Berenice Abbott’s Changing New York 120. ABBOTT, Berenice. Changing New York. New York, 1939. Quarto, original blue cloth, dust jacket. $4200. First edition of Abbott’s landmark photoessay on New York City, from waterfronts to storefronts, with 97 halftone plates. “A distinctive interpretation of New York as well as a priceless document thereof” (Icons of Photography, 104). Text by Elizabeth McCausland. Open Book, 130-31. Plates fine. Minor foxing to preliminaries, slight abrasions to pages xiv-xv, 46-47 without affecting plates; light edge-wear to extremities of original cloth. Scarce dust jacket with a bit of chipping and two closed tears, slightly affecting “C” of title and “N” in Dutton on spine end. An extremely good copy, scarce.
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