Chtets Deklamator (1 results)

8vo, pp. [iv], 484, viii; title and divisional title printed in red and green, numerous photogravure portraits in the text; light browning to the edges, some coloured pencil marks in the margins; original decorated cloth featuring a coloured Art Nouveau design of a woman reading to front cover, rear cover stamped in blind, illustrated wrappers bound in.Ivan and Fyodor Samonenko's hugely popular series . There were at least 12 editions before the Revolution, highlighting Russia's passion for performance at the time. The first volume, containing lyric poetry and humorous verse, had appeared in 1902. A second volume, in 1905, of which this is the second edition, expanded by over 150 pages, added prose. Further volumes came out in 1908 (verse and prose), 1909 (contemporary poetry, including from America and Europe), and 1916 (humour and satire).The present volume includes poetry by, among others, Gorky, Bely, Blok, Balmont, Gippius, Bunin, Sologub, and Teffi, whose well-known satirical poem 'Pchelki' makes an early anthologized appearance here.OCLC records one copy only, at the University of Leeds. Language: Russian.