Beschreibung:

AKHMATOVA, Anna (1888-1966). Podorozhnik . [Plantain]. St Petersburg: Petropolis, 1921. [Offered with:] Anno Domini. Petropolis, 1921. I: First edition, presentation copy. A limited issue, this is one of 60 nominal copies and was printed for the bibliophile A. N. Ivanov. Beside those, one hundred numbered copies were printed, for private distribution and not for sale. The cover design and frontispiece are by Mstislav Dobuzhinskii (1875-1957). The inscription reads ‘And the Angel swore to the living that there would be no more time. February 28, 1925. Saturday. Marble Palace’. RBH and ABPC record a single other copy retaining the original wrappers. Kilgour 7; Tarasenkov p.24; Lesman 136; Rozanov 2061. II: First edition, one of 2000 copies printed, of a keystone in Akhmatova’s production, published just after the death by execution of the poet’s husband, Gumilev. This copy is inscribed in pencil ‘Millet September 16, 1922. I: Small octavo (120 x 85mm). Frontispiece by M.V. Dobuzhinsky. Original illustrated wrappers, by Dobuzhinsky, printed in yellow and black (short tears at extremities; light spotting); custom grey linen clamshell case. Provenance: Anna Akhmatova (presentation inscription dated 1925 to:) A. N. Ivanov (limitation statement). II: 24mo (120 x 85mm). Original wrappers printed in blue and black by Dobuzhinsky (a little soiling, spine head a little worn). Provenance : ‘Millet September 16, 1922’ (inscription).