PUSHKIN, A.S. Ruslan i Liudmila [Ruslan and Liudmila]. St. Petersburg, 1820. 8vo, original printed wrappers, spine torn, later morocco-backed case; some leaves marginally dampstained, some light spotting. Engraved frontispiece by M. Ivanov after I. Ivanov with the monogram of A.N. Olenin, half-title.

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PUSHKIN, A.S. Ruslan i Liudmila [Ruslan and Liudmila]. St. Petersburg, 1820. 8vo, original printed wrappers, spine torn, later morocco-backed case; some leaves marginally dampstained, some light spotting. Engraved frontispiece by M. Ivanov after I. Ivanov with the monogram of A.N. Olenin, half-title.

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FIRST EDITION OF PUSHKIN'S FIRST BOOK, with the very rare original wrappers, which in this state is probably the rarest of all of the author's first editions. Smirnov-Sokol'skii 1; Obol'ianinov 2250; Burtsev 1776.

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