Author: GUMILEV, NICOLAY STEPANOVICH [1886-1921]
Title: Zhemchuga. Stikhi. (Pearls. Verses.)
Description: Moscow, Skorpion. 1910, First Edition. Hardcover, 19cm x 24cm. Livre, (Half-title), 6p - 167 pages - (7p) - (6p, advertisements). Modern cloth-backed linen, in very good condition. Browning, some light marginal chipping. Most of the pages are still unopened. FIRST EDITION, published in the year that Gumilev married poet Anna Akhmatova. Dissatisfied with the mysticism of Russian Symbolism, Gumilev and Sergei Gorodetsky established the Guild of Poets, modeled after the medieval guilds of Western Europe. The Guild advocated that, like an architect, a poet needed to adhere to higher levels of craftsmanship; they compared writing a poem to building a cathedral. Zhemchuga. Stikhi was the first collection Gumilev published to illustrate the Guild's principles. Kilgour 420. VERY RARE. Photos available upon request. Good condition.

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