Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Dreams gide Frontispiece (with browned tissue guard)

Frontispiece (with browned tissue guard)

gilt lettering and Alpine illustration to front board

Quarto (10 x 8 ins)

Helen Ferguson

Closed tear to jacket with slight loss and chips to head and tail of the spine

Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Dreams gide Frontispiece (with browned tissue guard)New York: Rizzoli, 2011. First Edition. Large hardback in dust jacket. With Oliver Messel designed bookplate to verso of first free endpaper. A fine copy. 272 pages. Lavishly illustrated with full colour photogarphic plates, many double spreads. An extensive illustrated study of the work of Oliver Messel. The book covers Messel's varied career, including his work for the theatre, ballet, films, interiors and architecture. Essays by Thomas Messel,