TSVETAEVA MARINA (1892-1941) Tsar-Devitsa [The Tsar Maiden]: Poem-Fairytale. Moscow: Gosizdat, 1922. - 159, [1] pp., ill.; 18x13 cm. Edition of 2,000 copies.
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Publisher's cover and illustrations in the text by D. Mitrokhin.
Second edition of the poem. The first edition was also published in Berlin in 1922 with graphic decorations by L.E. Chirikova. "Tsar-Devitsa" (1920) is based on the eponymous fairy tale by A.N. Afanasyev and belongs to the so-called "folklore stage" of Tsvetaeva's work.
Bibliography: Turchinsky. p. 571; Lesman. No. 2439; Rozanov. No. 4238.