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BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.

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BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
BALMONT, KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH (1867–1942) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A COLLECTION OF POEMS: A notebook containing poems written in the poet’s own hand. France, 1925–1931.
[56] pp.; 15.8 x 9.8 cm. Minor corrections, author’s comments and insertions in the text. In a contemporary dark green full leather binding. All edges gilt. Endpapers lined with ornamental paper. Sergei Lifar’s ownership ex-libris stamp on the endpapers and on the first and last pages. Minor creasing to the lower corners of the binding. The poems include ‘Light from Within’, ‘Native Shamrock’, ‘Only Love’, ‘Self-Condemned’, ‘The Irreconcilable’, ‘The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory’, ‘I Love You’, ‘The Eve’, ‘Kaunas’, ‘The Christmas Carol Ring’, ‘Mistletoe’, ‘Moon Divination’, ‘Liudas Gira. Scarlet Poppies’, ‘Watch Fires’ and others. One poem of 1925, ‘Lydia Nobel’, is included. The first poem is dated 1930, the last 1931. All the poems are signed with the letter ‘K’. Almost all bear the place, date and time of writing, as well as further details - the circumstances or conditions of their creation. The last page lists the periodicals and collections in which the poems were published. Provenance: from the estate of S.M. Lifar (1905-1986). Of unique historical and cultural value.