Rozhdestvenskii, Vsevolod Aleksandrovich (1895 - 1977)	Zolotoe vereteno. Stikhi. Peterburg,[Petropolis] 1921.59 p.	€150,00

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8 vo, publishers attractive covers with lettering in black and yellow designed by V.Anisimov (?). Printed on high quality pre WW I rag paper, better quality covers. VERY GOOD. First edition. 1000 copies printed. Poet´s third collection of poems. Rozhdestvenskii was a member of St.Petersburg 'Tsekh poetov'. The collection 'Zolotoe vereteno' belongs to acmeism period and influenced by Nikolai Gumilev´s poetry. An important book for in studies of acmeism movement. Already by mid 1930s Rozhdestvenskii was known as conformist Soviet poet. He did not include a larger number of his early poems in his numerous later books. The book was typeset at former Golike &Vil´borg press under supervision of V.Anisimov , a famous typographer and book culture historian. See: Kasack, Wolfgang (1976, 1986, 1988), Martha Weitzel Hickey, Dr. The Writer in Petrograd and the House of Arts [...] , D. Tarasenkov, Ivan Rozanov.