[GRAND DUCHESS ELENA VLADIMIROVNA] K.R., KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH ROMANOV (1858-1915) Three poetry collections

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1) Poems: 1879-1885. - 3rd ed. SPb.: [print. Imp. Academy of Sciences], 1889. - [4], IV, [2], 178 p.; 22x18, 5cm on the first free page: "a Book of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna". 2) New poems: 1886-1888. - 2nd ed. SPb.: [print. Imp. Academy of Sciences], 1900. - [2], III, [3], 121 p.; 22x18 cm; 3) the Third collection of poems: 1889-1899. SPb.: [print. Imp. Academy of Sciences], 1900. - [2], IV, 100 p.; 22x18 cm; All three books are in similar full leather bindings of the time. Gilded spines. "Golden head" cut-offs. Moire like paper bookends. Wide uncut fields. The ribbon. Collectible condition. Provenance: Elena Vladimirovna (1882-1957)-Grand Duchess, daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Maria Pavlovna, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; wife of Prince Nicholas of Greece (1872-1938). On her father's side, she was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II, a niece of Alexander III, and a cousin of Nicholas II. Bibliography: Turchinsky. P. 228.