48 mo (98 mm x 70 mm), publisher´s binding, gilt tooled text and vignette on front cover, dust jacket in red, white and black with reproduction of XIX century Russian (?) erotic drawing in ink designed by A.S.Karacheva. Slight traces of wear on dust jacket. VERY GOOD TO MINT.RARE.
Collection of erotic poems by XIX Russian poets. Larger number of poems reprinted from XIX century manuscript collections of 'Zapreshchennaia literatura' in Russia´s National and State libraries (Moscow and St.Petersburg). Differs from earlier publicatuions. Eight page preface by anonimous author [Valery Sazhin (?) or Lev Kuklin (?)] Reproduction of A.O.Orlovskii erotic ink drawing (ca.1822).
Editor: T. A. Popova (Pseudonim ?). Colophon: 'Tirazh 300 copies' (in all probability faked data?) All Authors / Contributors: Nekrasov, N.A., Turgenev, I.S., Druzhinin, A.V., Longinov, M.N., Shumakher, P.V. |