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AKHMATOVA, Anna (1888-1966). Belaia staia. Stikhotvoreniia. [White Flock. Poems.] St Petersburg: Giperborei, 1917.
A presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by Akhmatova in the year of publication to Vsevolod Voinov, the graphic artist and art critic. Akhmatova's third collection of poetry was published in September 1917, soon after the Revolution and right before the fall of Kerensky's provisional government. Joseph Brodsky remarked that these poems are tinged with a 'note of controlled terror'; 'with this collection, Russian poetry hit "the real, non-calendar twentieth century" but didn't disintegrate on impact' (quoted in Martin). RBH and ABPC record only one other inscribed copy having been offered at auction (a rebound copy, sold, Sotheby's, 15 November 1982, lot 320). Kilgour 4; Martin, 'Collecting Anna Akhmatova', in Caxtonian, vol. XV, no.4, April 2007, pp.5-6.
Octavo (177 x 130mm, with deckle edges). (Margins lightly and evenly yellowed; a previous owner has tipped a reproduction of Altman's portrait of Akhmatova to a front blank.) Original paper wrappers printed in black (spine chipped and worn, with small repairs; light spotting). Provenance: Anna Akhmatova (presentation inscription to:) – Vsevolod Vladimirovich Voinov (1880-1945, graphic artist, painter, art critic).
A presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by Akhmatova in the year of publication to Vsevolod Voinov, the graphic artist and art critic. Akhmatova's third collection of poetry was published in September 1917, soon after the Revolution and right before the fall of Kerensky's provisional government. Joseph Brodsky remarked that these poems are tinged with a 'note of controlled terror'; 'with this collection, Russian poetry hit "the real, non-calendar twentieth century" but didn't disintegrate on impact' (quoted in Martin). RBH and ABPC record only one other inscribed copy having been offered at auction (a rebound copy, sold, Sotheby's, 15 November 1982, lot 320). Kilgour 4; Martin, 'Collecting Anna Akhmatova', in Caxtonian, vol. XV, no.4, April 2007, pp.5-6.
Octavo (177 x 130mm, with deckle edges). (Margins lightly and evenly yellowed; a previous owner has tipped a reproduction of Altman's portrait of Akhmatova to a front blank.) Original paper wrappers printed in black (spine chipped and worn, with small repairs; light spotting). Provenance: Anna Akhmatova (presentation inscription to:) – Vsevolod Vladimirovich Voinov (1880-1945, graphic artist, painter, art critic).
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