English Poetry from Biblionne

Second Russian edition of the poem. First edition of this translation. The first translation of Oscar Wilde's Ballad by N. Korn (presumably a pen name used by Korney Chukovsky) appeared in 1903, but it was riddled with errors. The following year, another version by Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), a Russian symbolist poet and translator, was published. In the summer of 1902, Balmont… Read more about this item

Preface and translation by N. Gumilev. First edition of this translation. This poem, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), is often considered to mark a significant shift towards modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. It was translated into Russian for the first time in 1851 and the present translation appeared in Maxim Gorky's publishing house, Vsemirnaia literature (World… Read more about this item

Translation by A. Radlova. Preface by K. Derzhavin. Afterword by M. Morozov. One of 10 000 copies published. Signed and inscribed by the translator: "Dorogoi moei Sarushke / ot Annushki. / 20-X-37" [To my dear Sarushka from Annushka. October 20, 1937]. First edition of this translation. Anna Radlova (1891–1949), a poet, literary salon-holder, and wife of Sergei Radlov, the theatre director, prepared the translation of… Read more about this item

Translation by B. Pasternak. [Preface and comments by M. Morozov]. Signed and inscribed by the translator Boris Pasternak: "Komu vynetsia / tomu sbudetsia. / B Pasternak . 6 ianv. 1947 g. / Moskva". [Whoever pulls up it, will get it. B. Pasternak. January 6th, 1947. Moscow]. Most likely, this signed copy was a prize in some game. Third edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's… Read more about this item

Moskva, Obshchestvo rasprostraneniya poleznykh knig, 1901. First Russian separate book edition with Hood's verses. Rare. The book contains 7 verses: The Bridge of Sighs; The Song of the Shirt; The Lady's Dream; The Lee Shore; The Dream of Eugene Aram; The Lay of the Laborer; A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months. For the first time Hood's poem, The… Read more about this item

Moskva, Khudozhestvennaya literature, 1946. Galley proof for the first edition of Don Juan in Georgy Shengeli's translation. One line handwritten by the translator: 'Pust' nasha molitva letit, svetla, '[And whatsoe'er may be his prayer, / Let ours be for his soul]. (Canto XVI, p. 496). In good condition, small losses of paper on the cover, worn to edges, stains, proofreader's marks, desktop… Read more about this item