LOT #50023. Guidebook "Literary salons and circles., First half of the 19th century", 1930
Author: Nikolai Leontievich Brodsky, artistic design: I. F. Rerberg, year of publication - 1930. Publisher: Central Printing House of the NKVM. Academy "Moscow - Leningrad, order No. 32559. Pages - 595 pieces. Circulation - 5000 copies. Format: 175 x 123 x 30 mm. Hardcover, black and white edition. Available: damage to several pages, library stamps "Library of the Odessa State Pedagogical Institute"., "Regional Igokultorg. Second-hand bookstore. Odessa 1944".
The book tells about the cultural and literary life of Russia in the first half of the 19th century. It describes various literary societies in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Arzamas and other cities, which served as important centers for authors and their audiences, places for exchanging opinions, reading new works and exchanging jokes and epigrams, and gives an idea of the role of such salons as key sources of cultural life at that time.
LOT #50028. The book "Complete collection of poems by A. A. Fet", Volume 1. Supplement to the magazine "Niva for 1912"
With introductory articles by N. N. Strakhov and B. V. Nikolsky.
Year of publication - 1912, publisher: Artistic establishment of the Partnership - A. F. Marx., St. Petersburg. Pages - 470. Edition - copies. Format - 135 x 120 x 23 mm. Hardcover, black and white portrait - the only illustration. There is a poorly visible library stamp on the inside of the back cover.
P.S. This edition includes poems by the Russian lyric poet Afanasy Fet (1820-1892), known for his subtle depiction of nature, deep emotionality and skill in conveying the beauty of the moment.
Afanasy Fet's interesting achievements include the creation of refined poetry, masterful translations of world classics, innovative work on the land and charity. Fet left a rich literary legacy, making a huge contribution to Russian lyric poetry, and was an exemplary farmer, as well as a famous philanthropist.
LOT #50026. "Collected Poems by Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov. Volume 3, 1873 - 1877". Posthumous edition.
Year of publication - 1879. Publisher: M. M. Stasyulevich Printing House, St. Petersburg, order - 417. Pages - 410. Format - 243 x 160 x 27 mm. Hardcover, no illustrations. Available: illegible stamp, damaged spine, partially embroidered book block.
The center of the work is the personality of the hero, and the main elements are the events and circumstances of his existence. It is rare to find such a deeply and insightfully revealed complexity of human relationships, which are on the agenda in all centuries.