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GUMILEV, Nikolai Stepanovich (1886-1921). Kolchan. [The Quiver]. St Petersburg: Giperborei, 1916.
Presentation copy, in the original wrappers, of the scarce first edition. This collection was Gumilev’s first major work following major events in his life: his marriage to Anna Akhmatova in 1910, ethnographic visits to Africa and service in the army. In 1913, he contributed to the publication of the Acmeist manifesto, the influence of which is most evident in Kolchan. This collection is among ‘his most Acmeist’ for its ‘concreteness and precision of style’, ‘man-centered thematic material’, and ‘non-mystical ideology’ (Terras). Praised by Maxim Gorky and married to the author Nina Berberova, Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939) devoted himself to poetry until the mid-1920s, when he switched to literary criticism, writing seminal reviews of contemporary Soviet works. He was among the earliest supporters of Nabokov. RBH records no other copy of the first edition being offered at auction. Kilgour 423. V. Terras, Handbook of Russian Literature, p. 189.
Quarto (213 x 137mm). With the final advertisement (uniform slight age browning, the odd spot or thumb mark, imprint label pasted to title). In the original stamped wrappers, imprint label pasted to upper wrapper, title pencilled to spine, in modern folding box (extremities, joints and spine repaired, edges a bit worn, few old marks). Provenance: Nikolai Gumilev (dedication on first blank) – V.F. Khodasevich (1886-1939).
Presentation copy, in the original wrappers, of the scarce first edition. This collection was Gumilev’s first major work following major events in his life: his marriage to Anna Akhmatova in 1910, ethnographic visits to Africa and service in the army. In 1913, he contributed to the publication of the Acmeist manifesto, the influence of which is most evident in Kolchan. This collection is among ‘his most Acmeist’ for its ‘concreteness and precision of style’, ‘man-centered thematic material’, and ‘non-mystical ideology’ (Terras). Praised by Maxim Gorky and married to the author Nina Berberova, Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939) devoted himself to poetry until the mid-1920s, when he switched to literary criticism, writing seminal reviews of contemporary Soviet works. He was among the earliest supporters of Nabokov. RBH records no other copy of the first edition being offered at auction. Kilgour 423. V. Terras, Handbook of Russian Literature, p. 189.
Quarto (213 x 137mm). With the final advertisement (uniform slight age browning, the odd spot or thumb mark, imprint label pasted to title). In the original stamped wrappers, imprint label pasted to upper wrapper, title pencilled to spine, in modern folding box (extremities, joints and spine repaired, edges a bit worn, few old marks). Provenance: Nikolai Gumilev (dedication on first blank) – V.F. Khodasevich (1886-1939).
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