Selected Poems

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

Verlag: Erscheinungsdatum: 1946

First impression of the first edition in English - the fourth volume in the publisher's Russian Literature Library, edited by Stefan Schimanski. Translated from the Russian by J. M. Cohen. One-page introduction by the translator to the fore. Black and white line drawings by Donia Nachshen to the end of each poem. ***Very good in dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Small gilt portrait illustration to front board. Black and scarlet printed title-page. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Lower corners of boards slightly bumped. Pages clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, showing publisher's original price of 5s. net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Small loss and rubbing to corners of dustwrapper. Chip and associated short closed tear to head of spine of dustwrapper. Very small loss and rubbing to tail of spine of dustwrapper. Spine and edges of dustwrapper very slightly faded. Front panel of dustwrapper bright. 188mm x 124mm. vi prelim-pages plus 58 pages. ***'Now, for the first time, an entire volume is devoted to this important poet. The translator has made a careful choice of significant poems from different phases of Pasternak's evolution, and includes selections from all his published works.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition published in 1946 just after the Second World War, using war economy standard production. Complete in its original fragile 1946 colour illustrated dustwrapper. The first time Boris Pasternak's poems were published together in a volume translated into English. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1698842072184

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Selected Poems
Erscheinungsdatum: 1946
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition