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AKHMATOVA, Anna. Anno domini. (Year of the Lord). St. Petersburg: n.p., 1921. Sextodecimo, 102pp. First edition of Akhmatova’s fourth collection, combining twenty-three new poems from this fertile era in her creative life with the republication of the contents of Plantain, which had been published earlier in the same year. Many of the poems concern Akhmatova’s husbands Gumilyov and Shileiko: she felt somehow responsible for Gumilyov’s death, and she mourned him for years, in spite of the fact that their relationship quickly proved untenable subsequent to their marriage in 1910. The volume marks the dawn of Akhmatova’s special poetic strategy of mythologizing her own autobiography, which would come to fruition in her summa, Poem Without a Hero. One of 2000 copies printed. A quite worn and demeaned copy, but appropriately so, and still, however retaining its original printed wrappers: this copy is inscribed by Akhmatova to her second husband Vladimir Shileiko, "To my dear friend Volodya from his Anna." At one location in the text (p. 85), the word "Svetlan" is inserted above the poem, probably as a title. Akhmatova and Shileiko "married" in 1918, subsequent to the break-up of Akhmatova and Gumilyov. Shileiko was a respected Assyriologist, who famously attempted to persuade Akhmatova to forego writing poetry -- sadly, eventually burning some of her poems. Their relationship was no more successful than Akhmatova's first marriage, though Akhmatova, reduced by penury and financial dependency during the years in which she was not permitted to publish, was forced to maintain a domestic arrangement with him for years longer than it warranted. A superb, if horrifying association copy.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna. Belaya staya (White Flock). Berlin: Alkonost, 1923. Octavo, 142pp. Fourth, substantially augmented edition of Akhmatova's third book. A very good copy in publisher's printed wrappers.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna. Podorozhnik (Plantain). Petropolis: n.p., 1921. Sextodecimo, 58pp. First edition of Akhmatova's first book of poetry to appear after the Revolution, most of the poems concerning the theme of Russia itself, many specifically treating the theme of the emigre and the spiritual betrayal the emigration of many of her friends evokes in the poet as well as her own spiritual inability to consider emigration; yet other ponder the changes the Revolution has wrought in Russia. A very good copy, edges trimmed, in an elegant contemporary private binding of decorated green silk. The illustrated wrappers are bound in, the front wrapper showing a surface abrasion where a label has been removed. This copy inscribed by Akhmatova: "To A.A. Urban, under Komarov's trees, May 21, 1961." Rare inscribed.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna. Podorozhnik (Plantain). Petropolis: n.p., 1921. Sextodecimo, 58pp. First edition of Akhmatova's first book of poetry to appear after the Revolution, most of the poems concerning the theme of Russia itself, many specifically treating the theme of the emigre and the spiritual betrayal the emigration of many of her friends evokes in the poet as well as her own spiritual inability to consider emigration; yet other ponder the changes the Revolution has wrought in Russia. A very good copy in attractive publisher's illustrated wrappers.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna. Typed Manuscript, Signed. n.d. Quarto. Three-page carbon typescript of the poem entitled in English translation, "In an Old Mirror," signed by Akhmatova in pencil at the conclusion. Text a bit faint, light waterstains to first page, else very good.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966). Stikhotvorenia. (Poetry) Moscow: State Publishing House, 1961. Duodecimo, 319pp. First edition of this ample selection from previous collections with some additional material. Very good in publisher’s blue coated cloth. This copy inscribed by Zbigniew Herbert to American poet Peter Viereck during the latter's visit to Warsaw in 1962. The inscription is surrounded by numerous small drawings by Herbert. A lovely little reminder of worser times.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966). Typescript Poem, Signed. 1945. Quarto. Two-page carbon typescript manuscript entitled "From The Leningradski Elegies," signed by Akhmatova and dated: 1945. Fontanny Dom. September 2. (The date presumably refers to the date of composition and not to the creation of this particular document, which is more likely to have been made in the early sixties.) Signed by Akhmatova in blue pencil. During the many years in which the divine Anna was prohibited from publishing her poetry, she would circulate her manuscripts among her circle of friends in this samizdat form: five carbons could be made at a time, and the distribution of such typescripts often provided the only contact many poets in her situation could establish with the deep tradition of Russian poetry and with its vital pulse. The present typescript emanates from a member of the inner circle. Very good.
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ALBERTI, Rafael. Autograph Letter, Signed. 1955. Single 8" x 11" sheet. Autograph letter, signed from Rafael Alberti to Andres Vasquez, concerning almost entirely the Argentine edition of one of the poet's books. He discusses the proofs he has been sent and mentions the corrections that nedd to be made. Written on extremely fragile and acidic paper, so at best very good, but stable, especially frail along the horizontal and vertical creases. Signed by Alberti with a small maritime drawing.
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ALBERTI, Rafael. Autograph Letter, Signed. 1963. Single 8" x 11" sheet. Autograph letter, signed and dated in Paris on October, 1963, from Rafael Alberti to Andrés Vázquez of Editorial Losada and former editor of Buenos Aires Literaria. Alberti is returning the proofs for Volume II of his Teatro (plays), and gives Vázquez instructions about the publication. Interestingly, he says that he had to correct "De un momento a otro" and "Noche de guerra en el museo del Prado" 'from memory,' since he didn't have a copy. Volume II was published by Losada that same year, and it also included "La Lozana Andaluza," an adaptation of the very famous 16th Century Picaresque novel by F. Delicado. In Paris, he has been searching for the French edition of "La Lozana..." published in 1912 with an introduction by Apollinaire, as he wishes to include some references. He also mentions his upcoming trip to Italy, where he would end up spending the next fifteen years. He adds two footnotes on the verso, on the top, left, and bottom of the page; in one of them he states his wishes for the final title of "La Lozana...": "La Lozana andaluza (Mamotreto en un prólogo y tres actos)", and he instructs him to eliminate the rest of the subtitle ("interpretación libre de la novela de Francisco Delicado, presbítero"). In fact, this later instruction was either ignored or Alberti changed his mind later, as the whole title was indeed published as it stood.A very nice letter revealing Alberti's preocupation with the smallest details of his publications. Also, a letter from that crucial time in his life in which he moved away from Buenos Aires and set down roots in Rome. With an improvised a letterhead by Alberti: a charming little sketch of the Eiffel Tower. Signed by Alberti in his large, flowery style.
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ALBERTI, Rafael. Diez liricografias. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Galeria Bonino, 1954. Folio, three unnumbered bifolia containing a table of contents in color and lithographic reproductions of Alberti's holograph versions of the poems, accompanied by ten single folio sheets, all color lithographs illustrating the poems in Alberti's wonderful quasi-surrealist style of the period. One of 100 copies of this superb livre d'artiste, each signed by the author/artist in the colophon and at the foot of each lithograph. Near fine, housed in a very good example of the publisher's cloth-covered folding chemise. An extraordinary production.
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