Razskazy dlia detei [Stories for children].; Biblioteka zelenoi palochki.
First edition. Paris: Russkoe knigoizdatel'stvo "Sever", 1921. First edition. Octavo (19 × 12 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 227, [1] pp. A near fine, uncut and unopened copy; text evenly toned. Item #P001844
This edition of children's stories by the popular Russian writer Alexander I. Kuprin (1870-1938) was printed by the editors of “Zelenaia palochka,” a journal of short stories, poems, and fairy tales for Russian émigré children that was issued in Paris in 1920-21. One of three titles published in the “Biblioteka zelenoi palochki” (the other authors were Lev Tolstoy and Aleksei Tolstoi). The name, which means “the green stick,” derives from a story Tolstoy was told as a child, according to which a magical green stick with an inscription was buried on the family's estate; were it to be found, it would destroy evil and bring happiness to mankind. Savine 06732.
Price: €200.00