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[The Ballad of Reading Gaol]. Ballada Redingskoy Tur’my.
by Wilde, Oscar
- Condition
- Used - Near very good condition, minor crack to spine, small loss to back cover, owner’s mark to first page.
- Published
- 1904
- Binding
- In publisher’s pictorial wrappers.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sremska Mitrovica, SRB
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Second Russian edition of the poem. First edition of this translation.
The first translation of Oscar Wilde's Ballad by N. Korn (presumably a pen name used by Korney Chukovsky) appeared in 1903, but it was riddled with errors. The following year, another version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), a Russian symbolist poet and translator, was published. In the summer of 1902, Balmont… Read more about this item Item Price
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[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]. Poema o Starom Moriake.
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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- Used - wrappers foxed, small tear to left corner of cover, small loss to spine, owner mark on half-title, bookplate stamp on half-title
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- 1919
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- In original pictorial wrappers.
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Preface and translation by N. Gumilev.
First edition of this translation.
This poem, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), is often considered to mark a significant shift towards modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. It was translated into Russian for the first time in 1851 and the present translation appeared in Maxim Gorky's publishing house, Vsemirnaia literature (World… Read more about this item Item Price
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[The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark]. Gamlet: Prints Datskii.
by Shakespeare, William
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- Used - Spine is lost, worn to edges, small cracks to edges
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- 1937
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- In publisher’s boards.
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Translation by A. Radlova. Preface by K. Derzhavin.
Afterword by M. Morozov.
One of 10 000 copies published.
Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogoi moei Sarushke / ot Annushki. / 20-X-37" [To my dear Sarushka from Annushka. October 20, 1937].
First edition of this translation.
Anna Radlova (1891–1949), a poet, literary salon-holder, and wife of Sergei Radlov, the theatre director, prepared the translation of… Read more about this item Item Price
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[The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark]. Gamlet: Prints Datskii.
by Shakespeare, W.
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- Used - worn and losses around edges, cracks to front cover, cracks to p. 59–66 edges
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- 1947
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- In publisher’s pictorial binding.
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Translation by B. Pasternak.
[Preface and comments by M. Morozov].
Signed and inscribed by the translator Boris Pasternak: "Komu vynetsia / tomu sbudetsia. / B Pasternak . 6 ianv. 1947 g. / Moskva". [Whoever pulls up it, will get it. B. Pasternak. January 6th, 1947. Moscow].
Most likely, this signed copy was a prize in some game. Third edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Biograficheskiy Ocherk Angliyskogo Poeta, s Prilozheniem Ego Stikhotvoreniy. [Thomas Hood (1798-1845). Biographical sketch of the English poet with selections from his poems].
by [Hood Thomas]
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- Used - In good condition, wears to the spine and covers, small cracks on the spine.
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- 48 pp.
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- In publisher’s wrappers.
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- 1
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Moskva, Obshchestvo rasprostraneniya poleznykh knig, 1901.
First Russian separate book edition with Hood's verses.
Rare.
The book contains 7 verses: The Bridge of Sighs; The Song of the Shirt; The Lady's Dream; The Lee Shore; The Dream of Eugene Aram; The Lay of the Laborer; A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months.
For the first time Hood's poem, The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Don Zhuan. [Don Juan].
by Byron George
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- Used
- Edition
- 535, [1] pp.
- Published
- 1946
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- In owner's hardback.
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Moskva, Khudozhestvennaya literature, 1946.
Galley proof for the first edition of Don Juan in Georgy Shengeli's translation. One line handwritten by the translator: 'Pust' nasha molitva letit, svetla, '[And whatsoe'er may be his prayer, / Let ours be for his soul]. (Canto XVI, p. 496).
In good condition, small losses of paper on the cover, worn to edges, stains, proofreader's marks, desktop… Read more about this item Item Price
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