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TSVETAEVA, Marina Ivanovna (1892-1941). Versty. Stikhi. [Mileposts. Poems.] Moscow: Kostry, 1921.
The Rudakov copy of the second edition of this major work by Tsvetaeva. Sergei Borisovich Rudakov (1909-1944) befriended the Mandel'shtams and Akhmatova in Voronezh, and was entrusted with the papers of Gumilev and Osip Mandel'shtam. In her memoir, Hope Against Hope, Nadezhda Mandel'shtam remarks that Rudakov 'himself wrote elegant verse (a little under the influence of Tsvetaeva) which was popular at the time' (p.274). When Rudakov died at the front in 1944, Akhmatova dedicated the poem 'Pamiati druga' to his memory.
Octavo (158 x 115mm, with deckle edges). (Margins evenly yellowed; some short tears.) Original wrappers, by Pavlinov, printed in black and red (some wear and soiling; spine ends chipped); protected in early glassine with a manuscript reproduction of the front cover design. Provenance: Sergei Borisovich Rudakov (1909-1944, critic and literary historian; title signature in black ink, dated Leningrad, 11 January 1934) – Polina Samoilovna Rudakova-Finkelshtein (1906-1977; sold to) – Anatoly Byzov (purchased from him January 1999).
The Rudakov copy of the second edition of this major work by Tsvetaeva. Sergei Borisovich Rudakov (1909-1944) befriended the Mandel'shtams and Akhmatova in Voronezh, and was entrusted with the papers of Gumilev and Osip Mandel'shtam. In her memoir, Hope Against Hope, Nadezhda Mandel'shtam remarks that Rudakov 'himself wrote elegant verse (a little under the influence of Tsvetaeva) which was popular at the time' (p.274). When Rudakov died at the front in 1944, Akhmatova dedicated the poem 'Pamiati druga' to his memory.
Octavo (158 x 115mm, with deckle edges). (Margins evenly yellowed; some short tears.) Original wrappers, by Pavlinov, printed in black and red (some wear and soiling; spine ends chipped); protected in early glassine with a manuscript reproduction of the front cover design. Provenance: Sergei Borisovich Rudakov (1909-1944, critic and literary historian; title signature in black ink, dated Leningrad, 11 January 1934) – Polina Samoilovna Rudakova-Finkelshtein (1906-1977; sold to) – Anatoly Byzov (purchased from him January 1999).
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