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AKHMATOVA, Anna (1888-1966). Anno Domini. St Petersburg: Petropolis and Alkonost, 1923.
Presentation copy of the second, enlarged edition, inscribed by the author for the writer Pavel Luknitsky (1900-73), friend of Akhmatova, biographer of Nikolai Gumilev and correspondent of young Lev. The inscription reads “I came to you not to seduce, but to cry (Famira Kifared). 1925. February 28. Marble Palace”. Luknitsky wrote an account of his encounters with Akhmatova in 1924-1925, posthumously published in Paris in 1991. Lesman 140.
Octavo (190 x 122mm). Portrait frontispiece by Y. Annenkov. (First quire loose, tear to p.93 resulting from mechanical fault in the printing, all text preserved.) Original printed wrappers (spine defective, edges worn). Provenance: Anna Akhmatova (presentation inscription dated 1925 to:) - Pavel Nikolaevich Luknitsky (1900-1973).
Presentation copy of the second, enlarged edition, inscribed by the author for the writer Pavel Luknitsky (1900-73), friend of Akhmatova, biographer of Nikolai Gumilev and correspondent of young Lev. The inscription reads “I came to you not to seduce, but to cry (Famira Kifared). 1925. February 28. Marble Palace”. Luknitsky wrote an account of his encounters with Akhmatova in 1924-1925, posthumously published in Paris in 1991. Lesman 140.
Octavo (190 x 122mm). Portrait frontispiece by Y. Annenkov. (First quire loose, tear to p.93 resulting from mechanical fault in the printing, all text preserved.) Original printed wrappers (spine defective, edges worn). Provenance: Anna Akhmatova (presentation inscription dated 1925 to:) - Pavel Nikolaevich Luknitsky (1900-1973).
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