Author: Osipovich, N. M.
Title: Pokhishchenie Zosi. Rasskazy (Zosi's Abduction. Stories)
Description: Moskva/Leningrad (Moscow/St. Petersburg), Zemlia i fabrika, 1926. First Edition. First edition, 1 of 4000 copies; 7 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 3-124, [4]; beige wraps with a beautiful, Avant-garde illustration in blue and black; spine cover perished; small nicks along edges of wraps; three unfortunate, albeit narrow incissions to back wrap and last two leaves (publisher's advertisements) with minor loss of text; several words in-text underlined; small bookshop label to front wrap verso; good to very good condition. Naum Markovich Osipovich (1870 - 1937) was a Russian-Jewish revolutionary and author. He was active in the Narodnaia volia (People's Will) organization - self-described as a Populist Movement that succeeded the Narodniks, was arrested several times, and spent a total of 18 years in prison. After living and working in Finland, France, and Switzerland from 1907 until 1912, he returned home and founded the first children's journal in Russian in Ukraine - "Kolosia." Osipovich began his writing career relatively late in life, but created numerous articles, stories, and a novel. Virtually all his works, including the current one, described the lives and struggles of Russian Jews and the reality of the Pale of Settlement. OCLC lists two copies at institutions; none other in the trade (as of December 2018). Good + .

Keywords: Russia, Jews


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