Edition from the library of Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilev (1886-1921).

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Edition from the library of Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilev (1886-1921). [Bouquet of Karsavina]: Tamara Platonovna Karsavina «Stray Dog» March 26, 1914: [collection of poems and drawings]. [SPb: Basement «Stray Dog», 1914]. - 24p .: il. portrait, notes .; 21 x 18.3 cm. In the collection of handwritten poems by famous poets M. Kuzmin, Vl. Zelensky, G. Ivanov, N. Gumilev, A. Akhmatova, M. Lozinsky and others. Portraits of T. Karsavina by S. Sudeikin, Kiner, V. Serov, S. Sorin, Sargent are reproduced in the techniques of chromolithography and lithography. A dedication at the beginning of the book by NN. Evreinova, addressed to the ballerina, is stamped with gilded paint. In composite fabric binding. In the color illustrated publishing cover based on the drawing by S. Sudeikin. Nikolai Gumilyov’s own handwritten signature on the 2nd side of the front cover: “N. Gumilyov”. Tamara Platonovna Karsavina danced in the «Stray Dog» on March 28, 1914.