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NEKRASOV, Nikolai Alekseevich (1821-1877). Mechty i zvuki: stikhotvorenija N.N. [Dreams and Sounds: Poems N.N.]. St Petersburg: Alipanov, 1840.
First edition of Nekrasov’s first book of poems, published by the author, and of great rarity: it sold very poorly upon publication, and the bitterly disappointed poet destroyed all the copies that he could find. He never reprinted a collection of his youthful poems, and did not include them in his collected works. 'For originality and for energy Nekrasov holds one of the very first places among Russian poets and need not fear a comparison with Derzhavin' (Mirsky). RBH/ABPC show no sale record. Rozanov 1104; Smirnov-Sokol’skii Moia Biblioteka 891; Okhlopkov, ?. 126.
Octavo (152 x 128mm). (Some spotting, heavier to first and last two leaves, occasional waterstains or ink splashes, two oil stains to margins of last two quires, few pencilled annotations.) 20th-century Russian half calf, marbled boards, recased with original overlaid spine, spine gilt and lettered (head and foot of spine scuffed).
First edition of Nekrasov’s first book of poems, published by the author, and of great rarity: it sold very poorly upon publication, and the bitterly disappointed poet destroyed all the copies that he could find. He never reprinted a collection of his youthful poems, and did not include them in his collected works. 'For originality and for energy Nekrasov holds one of the very first places among Russian poets and need not fear a comparison with Derzhavin' (Mirsky). RBH/ABPC show no sale record. Rozanov 1104; Smirnov-Sokol’skii Moia Biblioteka 891; Okhlopkov, ?. 126.
Octavo (152 x 128mm). (Some spotting, heavier to first and last two leaves, occasional waterstains or ink splashes, two oil stains to margins of last two quires, few pencilled annotations.) 20th-century Russian half calf, marbled boards, recased with original overlaid spine, spine gilt and lettered (head and foot of spine scuffed).
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