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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. 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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ALBERTI, Rafael. Holograph Fair Copy, Signed, of the Poem "Manuel F. Rugeles." c. 1950. One page, quarto. Holograph fair copy, on onion-skin paper, of this poetic appreciation of the Venezuelan lyric poet, whose evocations of the earth and sea, whose simple but powerful verse have evoked comparison with his contemporary, the Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Ten four-line stanzas, signed by Alberti.
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ALBERTI, Rafael. Original Watercolor, Signed. n.p., c. 1950. 13 ľ" x 9 7/8" (image size 9 7/8" x 6") original ink drawing with watercolor wash, signed by the great Spanish poet. Alberti had trained as an artist, and it was due only to a health problem requiring a mountain cure that would uproot him from his studies, that his poetic gift would emerge in his early twenties. The present image, which we date from the fifties, shows an abstracted woman with prominent cylindrical breasts in a landscape of refracted shapes, her hair streaming behind her. The overall impression is that the woman is a dancer surrounded by light emanating from a number of sources on a colorful abstract stage. Very good or better, effected on a strong stock of paper.
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