Peter Tempest Translator (3 results)

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Sofia Press 1976 8vo. 161 pages. white cloth board lightly soiled and age toned. binding tight. dust jacket rubbed with small chips and tears at top and bottom edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Viktor Andriyevich (illustrator). A smart translated edition of this Russian folktale for children, with pop-up scenes. Translated edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with eight full colour fold-out scenes, one of which has a moveable part. Collated complete with all folding and moveable features in perfect working condition. A charming Russian folktale for children, following Masha and her adventures with a young bear that she meets in the woods. Translated by Peter Tempest, a British scholar. Illustrated by Viktor Andriyevich, a Russian illustrator. In the original pictorial card wraps. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light chipping to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small handling mark. All folding and moveable features in perfect working condition. Previous owner's ink stamp to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. In this book will be found a selection of Russian poems by Sergei Yesenin, one of the most popular 20th century Russian poets. Helpfully, the Russian text is printed on the L/H page with the English translation on the right, to help the student. At the back of the book is a section of monochrome photographs of the poet, his family, friends and associated buildings (school, museum, etc). Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (1895-1925), sometimes spelled Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet, one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was lyrical evocations of and nostalgia for the village life of his childhood - no idyll, presented in all its rawness, with an implied curse on urbanisation and industrialisation. Our book is in very nice condition, and comes with an unclipped dust jacket, also in good condition. Bound in green cloth with publisher's emblem in red on front & spine, and title in black lettering on the spine, the book is in 'very good' condition externally, and inside is tightly bound with clean, bright pages. Previous owner's name in biro on front fep, dated 1990. Copyright © Progress Publishers, Moscow.