ANTIPOV VASILY, two autographs Stikhotvoreniya [Poems]: [in 4 vols.]. Jerusalem: [Imp. des PP. Franciscains], 1932-1938.

Vol. 1. 1932. 150, [2] pp.; vol. 2. 1934. 161, [3] pp.; vol. 3. 1936. 157, [3] pp.; vol. 4. 1938. 152 pp.; 22.3 x 16 cm. Each volume in the publisher’s ornamented wrapper. In good condition. Minor rubbing and soiling to the wrappers, occasional small foxing, minor damage to the spine (vol. 1), tear to the front wrapper along the spine (vol. 3), split in the text block (vol. 4). Author’s presentation inscription on the front wrapper of vol. 2: ‘To the highly esteemed Alexandra Dmitrievna in fond remembrance from the author Jerusalem 28.12.34’. Author’s presentation inscription on the front wrapper of vol. 4: ‘To the highly esteemed Alexandra Dmitrievna in fond remembrance V. Antipov 21 April / 4 May 1938’. Vasily Konstantinovich Antipov was a former Imperial diplomat (Consul of the Russian Empire in Persia). After the Revolution he went into emigration and for many years (until the 1950s) managed the Russian hospices of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in Jerusalem. Only vol. 1 is listed in the electronic catalogue of the Russian State Library. A complete set of four volumes, moreover with the author’s inscriptions, offered at auction for the first time. Bibliography: Turchinsky, p. 22.