SAYLER, Oliver M. The Russian Players in America: The Moscow Art Theatre Balieff's Chauvre Souris. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1923. 19 etchings (plus cover label). Mostly brown inks. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. (10 x 8-1/4 inches), heavy wove paper. Original hand-bound brown mottled paper-covered boards, etched label on upper cover. Very rare, with Wall's note on limitation leaf: "Only 2 copies printed—edition discontinued BW."
Limited edition (only 2 copies printed of a projected 50, signed by author and etcher). Weber, p. 36: "One of Wall's lesser-known works and surely one of the most exotic and interesing books devoted to this magnificent chapter in theatrical history... There is evidence that only two copies were printed when the edition was cancelled." We have located two incomplete editions in one private collection. 70000054
Plate list:
THE RUSSIAN PLAYERS... [cover label]. Brown. 8 x 6 cm.
WALL'S 17th ETCHED BOOK THE RUSSIAN PLAYERS IN AMERICA CUT EDITION—50 COPIES AUTHOR ETCHER [limitation leaf]. Brown. Signed by etcher and author. 5 x 7.5 cm.
THE RUSSIAN PLAYERS IN AMERICA... [title with vignette]. Olive green. 17.5 x 12 cm.
CONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKY AS "GAIEFF" IN "THE CHERRY ORCHARD" | Wall 1923 [bust portrait]. Brown. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
DEDICATED TO MORRIS GEST... [dedication leaf within decorative border]. Violet. 11 x 8.5 cm.
Etcher's Note...Bernhardt Wall [text with vignette and Wall's facsimile signature]. Olive green. 12.5 x 7.5 cm.
MME. OLGA KNIPPER-TCHEKHOVA AS "TSARINA IRINA" IN "TSAR FYODOR IVANOVITCH." | Wall 1923 [bust portrait]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
THE RUSSIAN PLAYERS IN AMERICA... [text with bust portrait of Tolstoy]. Brown. 18 x 12. 3 cm.
IVAN MOSKVIN AS "LUKA" IN "THE LOWER DEPTHS" | Wall 1923 [portrait]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
2 As text to this historical chronicle... [text with bust portrait of Tchekoff]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
VLADIMIR GRIBUNIN AS "KURIUKOFF" IN "TSAR FYODOR IVANOVICH" | Wall 1923 [bust portrait]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
3 first season of four weeks... | Wall 1922 [text with portrait of Ivan Turgenieff]. Sienna. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
VASSILY LUZHSKY AS "FIRCE" IN "THE CHERRY ORCHARD." | Wall 1923 [bust portrait]. Black. 18 x 12.5 cm.
vates the supers to peers of the leading players... [text with bust portrait of Maxim Gorky]. Brown. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
VASSILY KATCHALOFF AS "THE BARON" IN "THE LOWER DEPTHS" | Wall 1923 [half-length portrait]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
5 Theatre, remain for the future... [text with bust portrait of Dostoievsky]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
CHAUVE KATINKA SOURIS... | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 12.5 x 17.5 cm.
6 FROM THE 'LOWER DEPTHS'...Oliver M. Sayler [illustrated text with Sayler's facsimile signature]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
The Death of a Horse CHAUVE-SOURIS | Wall [illustration]. Brown. 18 x 12.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER PUBLISHER [printer's illustrated device]. Slate blue. 6 x 3.5 cm.
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