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GUMILEV, Nikolai Stepanovich (1886-1921). Zhemchuga. Stikhi [Pearls. Verses]. Moscow: Skorpion, 1910. [Bound with:] – Chuzhoe nebo [Foreign Sky]. St Petersburg: Apollon, 1912.
The first edition of both works. RBH and ABPC record only one copy of either title having been offered at auction (Pearls, sold in 2008). Pearls represents Gumilev's mature style in the Symbolist mode, which impressed contemporary readers with its lush and daring imagery; it was published in the year that Gumilev married Akhmatova. In Foreign Sky, on the other hand, Gumilev abandons Symbolism completely, his poetry now striking for its concision and clarity; that work was published in the year that he co-founded the Guild of Poets with Gorodetskii. Kilgour 420, 421.
Two works in one volume, octavo (224 x 178mm). With the half-title, adverts, and blanks (occasional marginal soiling; the first work with the margins lightly yellowed; the first half-title and the front blank of the second with some staining; the front blank detached but present). Contemporary printed cloth, leather spine label (light wear).
The first edition of both works. RBH and ABPC record only one copy of either title having been offered at auction (Pearls, sold in 2008). Pearls represents Gumilev's mature style in the Symbolist mode, which impressed contemporary readers with its lush and daring imagery; it was published in the year that Gumilev married Akhmatova. In Foreign Sky, on the other hand, Gumilev abandons Symbolism completely, his poetry now striking for its concision and clarity; that work was published in the year that he co-founded the Guild of Poets with Gorodetskii. Kilgour 420, 421.
Two works in one volume, octavo (224 x 178mm). With the half-title, adverts, and blanks (occasional marginal soiling; the first work with the margins lightly yellowed; the first half-title and the front blank of the second with some staining; the front blank detached but present). Contemporary printed cloth, leather spine label (light wear).
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