Lotus Light

by Ruth St. Denis

drawings by Ruth Harwood

Review copy. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1932.

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Cover features title in faded white lettering against a black board.
• Boards show some shelfwear and edgewear.
• Corners are lightly frayed showing exposed board. (See Photos).
• Spine text is faded, and has crushed ends.
  
• Binding is strong and secure.
• Endpapers have some staining at hinge. (See Photos).
• Illustrations are bright and clear.
• Review slip is in very good condition 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Inside pages have very lightly scattered foxing through out the book. (See Photos).
• Text block edges have some dust at head, with deckled edges. Some pages remain unopened.
• Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear.
• AJ2020.0224

100 pages. 6.5 x 10 inches.

Scarce collection of poems by the American dancer. Beautifully illustrated with black & white Art Deco drawings by Ruth Harwood.

Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) was an American modern dance pioneer, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was the co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts and the teacher of several notable performers, including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Lillian Powell, Evan-Burrows Fontaine Charles Weidman, and Louise Brooks.

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