First edition on ordinary paper. Spine sunned, otherwise handsome copy. Autograph inscription dated 1943 and signed by Serge Lifar to Maryelle Krempff, then a promising dancer as principal subject of the Opera who would complete her career as principal dancer at the Opéra Comique before teaching dance at theNational Regional Conservatory of Saint-Maur des Fossés from 1969 to 1989.