Sochineniia [Works]

OSTROVSKII, Aleksandr Nikolaevich

Published by V. Dumnov, Nasledniki Br. Salaevykh, Moskva,, 1890

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In uniform contemporary bindings --- The first posthumous edition of the collected works of this important author, which among others includes such well-known dramas as 'Bednaia nevesta' [The Poor Bride] and 'Volki i ovtsi' [Wolves and Sheep]. Author of more than 40 plays and translations of further ones, Ostrovskii (1823-86) almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire. His dramas, many of which are concerned with the Russian merchant class, are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia: "they provide, along with Shakespeare, the bulk of the classical repertoire of the Russian stage" (Terras, 371). Provenance: A. (lettered in gilt at foot spines); Avenir Nizoff (a pianist who lived in Edmonton, Canada, in the second half of the 20th century, and gathered a large, wide-ranging library of Russian works, especially covering art, history and literature). Physical description:Ten parts in 6 volumes 8vo (22.5 x 16 cm). Title, LVII pp. incl. engraved portrait frontispiece, 331; [4], 334, [4], 407; [4], 267, [4], 288; [4], 432, [4], 367; [4], 504; [4], including frontispiece, 652 pp. Contemporary brown grained half sheep over burgundy cloth, spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt, decorated endpapers, green bookmarks. Condition:Bindings a bit brittle, as result lightly rubbed and scratched, minor worming to endpapers of vol 1; some spotting or foxing throughout, sometimes stronger, small ink stamps "M4"to the last pages of the parts, vol.5-6 with waterstain to upper margin. Bibliography:Terras, pp. 292 and 371-375.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sochineniia [Works]
• Publisher: V. Dumnov, Nasledniki Br. Salaevykh, Moskva,
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • Literature: Russian and neighbours