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CHINNOV I.V. (1909–1996) Two books 1) Metafory ['Metaphors']. New York; Louvain: Izd. ‘Novogo zhurnala’, 1968. 2) Partitura ['Score']. New York; Louvain: Novyy zhurnal, 1970.

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CHINNOV I.V. (1909–1996) Two books 1) Metafory ['Metaphors']. New York; Louvain: Izd. ‘Novogo zhurnala’, 1968. 2) Partitura ['Score']. New York; Louvain: Novyy zhurnal, 1970.
CHINNOV I.V. (1909–1996) Two books 1) Metafory ['Metaphors']. New York; Louvain: Izd. ‘Novogo zhurnala’, 1968. 2) Partitura ['Score']. New York; Louvain: Novyy zhurnal, 1970.
51, [5] pp.; 19 × 14.5 cm. Limited to 600 copies. Publisher’s printed wrappers. Very good condition. 2) Partitura ['Score']. New York; Louvain: Novyy zhurnal, 1970. — 64 pp.; 20.5 × 16 cm. Limited to 500 copies. Publisher’s printed wrappers. Good condition. Igor’ Vladimirovich Chinnov (1909–1996) was a Russian poet, essayist and memoirist. In 1948 he was initiated into Freemasonry in the Russian Paris lodge ‘Astrea’ No. 500 of the Grand Lodge of France. He was regarded by some critics as ‘the foremost poet of the Russian émigration’ after the death of Georgiy Ivanov.