ESENIN, Sergei Aleksandrovich (1895-1925). Radunitsa . [Ritual for the Dead.] St Petersburg: M.V. Aver'ianov, 1916. The rare first edition of Esenin's first-published book. WorldCat locates no copy in public collections outside of Russia; not in Kilgour. Esenin is perhaps the best-known 'peasant poet'; his fame spread quickly, bringing him to the imperial palace to read for the Empress and her daughters. Mirsky observed that Esenin 'has a rare gift of song. He is genuinely akin to the spirit of the Russian folk song, though he does not adopt its meters'. Hopeful of the Revolution, at first, Esenin became increasingly despondent and his mental health deteriorated; after five marriages in quick succession, one of them to Isadora Duncan, Esenin committed suicide aged 30, leaving a farewell poem written in his own blood. Cf. Kilgour 301 (the second edition only); Mirsky, p.265. Octavo (195 x 140mm, with deckle edges). With the adverts (margins faintly yellowed). Original grey wrappers printed in red and black (spine worn and chipped; light dampstain on the front cover). Provenance : ?Mordvintsev (title inscription in purple pencil, dated Leningrad, 23 July 1945).
ESENIN, Sergei Aleksandrovich (1895-1925). Radunitsa . [Ritual for the Dead.] St Petersburg: M.V. Aver'ianov, 1916. The rare first edition of Esenin's first-published book. WorldCat locates no copy in public collections outside of Russia; not in Kilgour. Esenin is perhaps the best-known 'peasant poet'; his fame spread quickly, bringing him to the imperial palace to read for the Empress and her daughters. Mirsky observed that Esenin 'has a rare gift of song. He is genuinely akin to the spirit of the Russian folk song, though he does not adopt its meters'. Hopeful of the Revolution, at first, Esenin became increasingly despondent and his mental health deteriorated; after five marriages in quick succession, one of them to Isadora Duncan, Esenin committed suicide aged 30, leaving a farewell poem written in his own blood. Cf. Kilgour 301 (the second edition only); Mirsky, p.265. Octavo (195 x 140mm, with deckle edges). With the adverts (margins faintly yellowed). Original grey wrappers printed in red and black (spine worn and chipped; light dampstain on the front cover). Provenance : ?Mordvintsev (title inscription in purple pencil, dated Leningrad, 23 July 1945).
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