BELYI, Andrei (1880-1934) and BLOK, Aleksandr (1880-1921), editors – Zapiski mechtatelei [The Notes of Dreamers]. Nos. 1-6 [all published]. St Petersburg: Alkonost, 1919-1922.
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BELYI, Andrei (1880-1934) and BLOK, Aleksandr (1880-1921), editors – Zapiski mechtatelei [The Notes of Dreamers]. Nos. 1-6 [all published]. St Petersburg: Alkonost, 1919-1922.

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BELYI, Andrei (1880-1934) and BLOK, Aleksandr (1880-1921), editors – Zapiski mechtatelei [The Notes of Dreamers]. Nos. 1-6 [all published]. St Petersburg: Alkonost, 1919-1922.

A complete set, in first edition, of this rare Symbolist periodical. Contributors include Akhmatova, Belyi, Blok, Ivanov, Khodasevich, Remizov, Sologub, Zamiatin, and others. RBH and ABPC record only one set having been offered at auction. Not in MoMA.

Six volumes in five [including double issue 2-3], octavo (265 x 185mm). With the lithograph in no. 6 commemorating Blok; publisher's device by Annenkov (margins yellowed; occasional short tears.) Original illustrated wrappers by A. Golovin, printed in black and brown (spines worn; some covers reattached; covers of no. 4 chipped; some browning). Provenance: M. Gnevushev (discreet signature on the half-title, in purple ink) – Russian booksellers' small stamps.
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