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Hermitage Fine Art

976 - NESMELOV, A. (1889–1945)
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Estimate €200 - €250
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NESMELOV, A. (1889–1945) Krovavyy otblesk: stikhi [A Bloody Glimmer: Poems]. Harbin: [n.p.], 1928. 32 pp.; 18 x 13 cm. With the publisher’s printed dust jacket. Very good condition. Slight scuffing and soiling to the cover, creases along the edges. Arseni Nesmelov (pseudonym of Arseni Ivanovich Mitropolski; 1889–1945), Russian poet, officer in the Imperial Army and later in Kolchak’s army. In 1924, he fled the USSR by crossing the Chinese border and settled in Harbin, Manchuria, where for over twenty years he was rightly regarded as ‘the finest Russian poet in China’. He corresponded with Marina Tsvetaeva, who wished to publish his poem ‘Across the Ocean’. In August 1945, when Soviet troops entered Harbin, he was arrested and taken to the USSR, where he died almost immediately of a cerebral haemorrhage in the transit prison at Grodekovo station. He left behind vivid accounts of literary life in Vladivostok in the early 1920s, which remain unpublished in their entirety, and was the author of more than a dozen collections published in Moscow, Vladivostok, Harbin and Shanghai. Regarding his first collection, *Corniches* (1924), Boris Pasternak wrote briefly to his wife: ‘Good verses’. At the buyer’s request, we shall be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a full assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for information purposes only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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About the sale RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS: Antique books § Autographs, rare editions, photographs § Works on paper
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:30 PM
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