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Lot 3219

5 December 2012, 10:00 EST
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ZAMYATIN, YEVGENY. 1884-1937.

KUSTODIEV, BORIS, illustrator. O tom kak istselen byl otrok Erazm. Berlin: Petropolis, 1922.
8vo. 46, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout including decorative borders to text pages. Original decorative wrappers. Mild toning to wrappers, else fine.

FINE, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title (in translation): "To my sister Maria, in memory of the monkish life of old man 'Zamati,' Paris 18 February 1935." Extremely rare in this fine condition. Zamyatin, contrarian by nature, was not well-received by the Soviet literary establishment. He was unable to publish there and finally emigrated in 1931. The present tale, written in a mix of Old Russian with modern twists, is a political satire.

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