Anthony, Gordon Margot Fonteyn Signed

Margot Fonteyn by Gordon Anthony   Signed on title page.

First edition published by Home and Van Thal 23 plain monochrome plates, original printed wrappers, detached and lightly soiled, spine worn, 1941. Plates all clean softcover is poor.

Gordon Anthony (1902-1989) was known principally as a photographer. He was the prinicipal photographer at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and during the 1930s took many photos of the Royal Ballet. In 1948 he published the first colour photography book in the UK Studies of Dancers.

His sister was Dame Ninette de Valois who was a dancer in Diaghilev's company. His photos are in the collections of the V & A and the National Portrait Gallery.