Opyty. [Experiments].
Numbers I, III, and VIII.
Stock Code 97306
New York, Vol I & VIII Rausaen Bros., Vol III Chekhov Publishing House 1953, '54 & '57.
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Experiments was the first post-war Russian emigré literary journal, printed in New York between 1953 and 1958 with a total of nine editions. These three volumes feature works by some of the most famous names in 20th Century Russian literature.
Volume I includes two poems by Osip Mandelstam, Diaghilev's Evenings by Aleksey Remizov, Art and Love, a critical piece by Zinaida Gippius and printed here for the first time, Nabokov's poem, В последний раз лиясь листами [For the last time, with leaves that flow].
Volume II includes Воспоминания [Memories] by Nabokov, comprising Chapters 1-3 of Другие Берега [Other Shores], the poem В Щелочку [V Shchelochku] by Isaac Babel, and an article by Yuriy Annekov titled, Вокруг Есенин [Around Esenin].
Volume III includes a poem by Georgiy Ivanov, Зима идет своим порядком [Zima idet svoim poriadkom], the poem Истина [The Truth] by Aleksey Remizov, a letter from Marina Tsvetaeva to Anatoly Shteiger and an article titled Заметки переводчика-II [notes of a translator-II] by Nabokov.
3 vols; 8vo (244/242 x 153/182 mm). Original wrappers, printed in red and black, edges uncut (a few pale stains and some very minor chipping to extremities), blue cloth folding case.
Juliar C534; C535; C555
Volume I includes two poems by Osip Mandelstam, Diaghilev's Evenings by Aleksey Remizov, Art and Love, a critical piece by Zinaida Gippius and printed here for the first time, Nabokov's poem, В последний раз лиясь листами [For the last time, with leaves that flow].
Volume II includes Воспоминания [Memories] by Nabokov, comprising Chapters 1-3 of Другие Берега [Other Shores], the poem В Щелочку [V Shchelochku] by Isaac Babel, and an article by Yuriy Annekov titled, Вокруг Есенин [Around Esenin].
Volume III includes a poem by Georgiy Ivanov, Зима идет своим порядком [Zima idet svoim poriadkom], the poem Истина [The Truth] by Aleksey Remizov, a letter from Marina Tsvetaeva to Anatoly Shteiger and an article titled Заметки переводчика-II [notes of a translator-II] by Nabokov.
3 vols; 8vo (244/242 x 153/182 mm). Original wrappers, printed in red and black, edges uncut (a few pale stains and some very minor chipping to extremities), blue cloth folding case.
Juliar C534; C535; C555
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