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KLEEN, TYRA: - Tempeldanser och musikinstrument på Bali. Stockholm 1951.

. Folio. Pp. 24. With 53 mounted plates, of which 21 colourful plates of dancers. Publisher's calf decorated in gilt, gilt dentelles, spine lightly faded. First edition, limited to 200 copies, of which this is no. 15. Tyra Kleen travelled to Java and Bali in 1919 where she studied the ritual court dances. This work is devoted to temple dancers in Bali. It describes the different kinds of dances (Legong, Tjalong Arong and Djoged), their history, costumes and music. The text is accompanied by plates depicting clothes, head garments, dance movements, and musicians. The illustrations show her unique artistic oeuvre with the ability to interweave dance, literature, activism and adventure. For her scientific ethnographic work on Bali Tyra was awarded the Johan August Wahlberg silver medal in 1938. A beautiful copy with dynamic, colourful art deco style images of dancers.
EUR 1700.00 [Appr.: US$ 1844.98 | £UK 1448.5 | JP¥ 290324] Booknumber: 121191

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CAMPBELL, MALCOM - The Romance of Motor-Racing

London, Hutchinson & Co. Second Impression. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover (no jacket), very good condition. With 77 photographs and 15 diagrams. Rebound by Temple bookbinders of Oxford in red cloth. Second impression, undated but c1936. Boards are very clean with only a very faint mark to the front top coner. Internally there is some foxing throughout but the text and images remain bright and clear. DP. Very Good.
GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.25 US$ 44.58 | JP¥ 7016] Booknumber: 512515

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