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Lot 71. KUPRIN, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1870-1938).
Novye povesti i razskazy [New Stories and Tales]. Paris: “N. P. Karbasnikov,”
1927. Small 8vo (195 x 140 mm). Original wrappers. Condition: toned,
pp. 29-32 crudely opened. Provenance: inscribed by the author.
inscribed copy dated paris 1932. This short story collection
includes one of the best works during his exile. “Zolotoi petukh” (“The
Golden Cockerel”).
$4000 – $6000
Lot 72. KUPRIN, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1870-1938).
Elan. Razskazy [Elan. Stories]. Belgrade: [M. Pavlenko i I. Papova],
1929 [1928]. 161 pp. 8vo (225 x 150 mm). Rebound in flowered
cloth with the original wrappers mounted within. Condition: repairs
to mounted endpages; mounted wrapper thumbsoiled. Provenance:
Yakov Moiseevich Tsvibak.
presentation copy, warmly inscrbed. One of 2000 copies. Kuprin
was an enormously popular Russian writer of action and adventure
stories.
$3500 – $4500
Lot 73. KUZMIN, Mikhail Alekseevich (1872-1936).
Ekho [Echo]. Petersburg: [“Kartonnyi Domik”], 1921. 64 pp. Small 4to
(145 x 100 mm). Original decorated wrappers designed by Aleksandr
Yakovlevich Golovin. Condition: wrappers thumbsoiled and detached.
one of 1000 copies.
[With:] Nezdeshnie vechera [Otherworldly Evenings]. Petersburg:
[“Petropolis”] 1921. 135 pp. Small 4to (170 x 125 mm). Original
decorated wrappers designed by Mstislav Valeryanovich Dobuzhinsky.
Printed by Golike and Wilborg. Condition: wrappers thumbsoiled with
light stains; small splits at backstrip extremities. one of 1000 copies.
[And:] Vtornik Meri [Mary’s Tuesday]. Petrograd: [“Petropolis”], 1921.
38 pp. 4to (130 x 90 mm). Original decorated wrappers designed by
M. V. Dobuzhinsky. Printed by Golike and Wilborg. Condition: light
spotting to wrappers and endpapers. Provenance: Lev Platonovich
Karsavin. first edition.
[And:] Lesok [The Grove]. [Petrograd: “Neopalimaya kupina,” 1922].
35 pp. 8vo (250 x 185 mm). Illustrated in blue with frontispiece in
black and red by Aleksandr Bozheryanov. Rebound in patterned cloth.
Condition: a few leaves stained upper right. one of 500 copies. (4)
$2000 – $3000
Lot 74. KUZMIN, Mikhail Alekseevich (1872-1936).
Dva chuda [The Two Miracles]. Manuscript of the short story. 20 pp. (230 x 145 mm). Signed on the title page and on the
last page and dated 1919.
Although known primarily as a poet, Kuzmin was also a prolific writer of short stories. The manuscript explores the emotional
life and deep religious faith of a Russian monastery at the beginning of the 20th century. It concentrates on Father
Poglev’s relationship with the nun Sister Nanna, who is blessed with miraculous powers to cure diseases.
$6000 – $8000
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