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O sovremennom sostoianii russkogo simvolizma [On the current state of Russian symbolism].

St Petersburg, “Alkonost”, 1921.

Small 8vo, pp. 28, [3 (advertisements)], [1 (blank)]; a good copy in the original printed wrappers, some slight soiling and wear.

£150

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First edition, a lecture read by Blok in April 1910 before the Society of Zealots of the Artistic Word, a discussion group formed by Gumilev, Blok and others in 1909.

Ashukin p. 37; not in Kilgour.

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