[Cyril Beaumont, dance historian.] Signed Autograph Inscription to Philip Dosse, publisher of 'Books and Bookmen', on fly-leaf of his 'Bookseller at the Ballet'. With printed prospectus for the book.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse was proprietor of Hansom Books, publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. See ?Death of a Bookman? by the novelist Sally Emerson (editor of ?Books and Bookmen? at the time of Dosse?s suicide), in Standpoint magazine, October 2018. The present material is in good condition, lightly aged. ONE: Autograph inscription. Flyleaf and half-title of 'A Bookseller at the Ballet' have been neatly extracted, and are both in good condition. On the recto of the flyleaf Beaumont has written, in his neat hand: 'To / Philip Doss? / A small token of appreciation and gratitude for his kindly interest in this book. / With every good wish / from / Cyril Beaumont / November 6, 1975'. TWO: Printed prospectus. 4pp, 8vo. Bifolium on shiny art paper. Printed in brown, with reproduction of pencil portrait of Beaumont on the front cover, the reproduction of the prologue on the second page, 'The Synopsis: Some Extracts' on p.3, and p.4 carrying an order form beneath a photograph of Nijinksy captioned 'NIJINSKY IN NARCISSE / Note the highly developed calf muscles'.