![PASTERNAK, Boris Leonidovich (1890-1960). Sestra moia zhizn. Leto 1917 goda. Posviashchaetsia Lermontovu. [My Sister Life. Summer 1917. Dedicated to Lermontov.] Moscow: Z.I. Grzhebin, 1922.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_18466_0162_000(pasternak_boris_leonidovich_sestra_moia_zhizn_leto_1917_goda_posviashc123726).jpg?w=1)
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PASTERNAK, Boris Leonidovich (1890-1960). Sestra moia zhizn. Leto 1917 goda. Posviashchaetsia Lermontovu. [My Sister Life. Summer 1917. Dedicated to Lermontov.] Moscow: Z.I. Grzhebin, 1922.
Presentation copy of the first edition of Pasternak's early masterpiece, inscribed by the author to Osaf Semeznovich Litovsky. 'This important poetic cycle circulated widely before its publication in 1922 and earned Pasternak acclaim as a major modern poet' (Terras). The poems were inspired by a love affair intensified by revolutionary fervor in the summer of 1917; they had a profound impact on many of his contemporaries, including Mandel'shtam and Tsvetaeva. Rare. Not in Kilgour. Terras, p.332.
Octavo (198 x 140mm). (Occasional spotting). Original wrappers (edges frayed, spine defective, one or wo repairs); in a quarter leather box. Provenance: Boris Pasternak (inscription dated 1 June 1922, Moscow, to: ) - Osaf Semeznovich Litovsky (1892-1971).
Presentation copy of the first edition of Pasternak's early masterpiece, inscribed by the author to Osaf Semeznovich Litovsky. 'This important poetic cycle circulated widely before its publication in 1922 and earned Pasternak acclaim as a major modern poet' (Terras). The poems were inspired by a love affair intensified by revolutionary fervor in the summer of 1917; they had a profound impact on many of his contemporaries, including Mandel'shtam and Tsvetaeva. Rare. Not in Kilgour. Terras, p.332.
Octavo (198 x 140mm). (Occasional spotting). Original wrappers (edges frayed, spine defective, one or wo repairs); in a quarter leather box. Provenance: Boris Pasternak (inscription dated 1 June 1922, Moscow, to: ) - Osaf Semeznovich Litovsky (1892-1971).
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