Nijinsky — Richard Buckle

Author: Richard Buckle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First U.S. printing
ISBN: 0671211692

Condition: Good second-hand condition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, edge wear, small tears, creasing, and rubbing, especially around the top edges and spine ends. Book itself appears clean and sound, with age-toning to pages. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Nijinsky is Richard Buckle’s major biography of Vaslav Nijinsky, one of the most celebrated and mythic figures in twentieth-century ballet. Drawing on research and accounts from those connected to Nijinsky’s life and career, the book follows his rise through the Ballets Russes, his artistic brilliance, his relationship with Sergei Diaghilev, and his later struggles with mental illness.