Le Vrai but de travail.

Duncan (Raymond)

Le Vrai but de travail.

Conférence faite le 7 février à l'Université populaire Saint Antoine.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 161/300 COPIES signed by the author, the paper a little browned, pp. [23], [1], crown 8vo, original sewn grey-green wrappers stamped in gilt to front with plain salmon-pink wrappers within, the outer wrappers a little chipped, very good

Publication Details: Paris: Akademia Raymond Duncan, 1912

Notes: Scarce, particularly in the more desirable signed issue. The earliest of the author's publications under the imprint of the school he had established in Paris the year before - and an account of the philosophy underlying that institution, and his own lifestyle, which was one of bohemian self-sufficiency in the heart of Saint-Germain, absorbed in arts and crafts. He was, amongst his various activities, a dancer - and the brother of Isadora Duncan, whom he followed to the French capital. The typeface employed here, and elsewhere in his work is one of his own design - all caps and, like much of ...moreScarce, particularly in the more desirable signed issue. The earliest of the author's publications under the imprint of the school he had established in Paris the year before - and an account of the philosophy underlying that institution, and his own lifestyle, which was one of bohemian self-sufficiency in the heart of Saint-Germain, absorbed in arts and crafts. He was, amongst his various activities, a dancer - and the brother of Isadora Duncan, whom he followed to the French capital. The typeface employed here, and elsewhere in his work is one of his own design - all caps and, like much of his work, based on Greek models. HIDE

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Price: £200

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1912

Stock Number: 69843

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