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BELYI, Andrei (pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev; 1880-1934). 'Peterburg' in Sirin, vols. 1-3 [all published]. St Petersburg: by M.M. Stasiulevich for Sirin, 1913-1914.
The first appearance of Belyi's modernist masterpiece, in the original wrappers. Drawing on Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky, this 'astral novel' (Berdiaev) is often compared to Joyce's Ulysses, and is celebrated by Nabokov, Pasternak, and others, as one of the best novels of the century. The first separate edition appeared in 1916. Other contributors to the three volumes of this Symbolist periodical include Blok, Briusov, Gippius, Ivanov, Piast, Remizov, and Sologub. RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction.
Three volumes, octavo (234 x 164mm, with deckle edges). Vols 2 and 3 mostly unopened (occasional minor wear to edges.) Original green card wrappers printed in black and brown (vol.3 spine discoloured; light wear to the extremities); together in one custom clamshell case. Provenance: I.I. Mitiurnikov, bookseller (label in vols 1 and 2).
The first appearance of Belyi's modernist masterpiece, in the original wrappers. Drawing on Pushkin, Gogol and Dostoevsky, this 'astral novel' (Berdiaev) is often compared to Joyce's Ulysses, and is celebrated by Nabokov, Pasternak, and others, as one of the best novels of the century. The first separate edition appeared in 1916. Other contributors to the three volumes of this Symbolist periodical include Blok, Briusov, Gippius, Ivanov, Piast, Remizov, and Sologub. RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction.
Three volumes, octavo (234 x 164mm, with deckle edges). Vols 2 and 3 mostly unopened (occasional minor wear to edges.) Original green card wrappers printed in black and brown (vol.3 spine discoloured; light wear to the extremities); together in one custom clamshell case. Provenance: I.I. Mitiurnikov, bookseller (label in vols 1 and 2).
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