274 - [POETRY, EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS]

[POETRY, EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS] LOT of three poetry books published in exile, 1940s–1950s. Varying conditions. [POETRY, EMIGRANT PUBLICATIONS] LOT: 1) KOMAROVA, K. — Autograph. *Kotomka*. Paris. 1958, 48 pp., hardcover, 20.5 × 16.2 cm, in good condition. With a dedicatory inscription from the author to Evgenia Georgievna Lopukhina. Evgenia Lopukhina (Lopukhina-Kamchatova, 1893–1965) was an artist, musician, and poet. She studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Dmitry Kardovsky. 2) Book by F. Kosatkin-Rostovsky, *The Way of the Cross to Resurrection*, edited by S. Pozdnyshev. Published by the Overseas Union of Disabled Persons, Paris. 1948, 192 pp., hardcover, 21.6×15.2 cm, in good condition. 3) GUMILEV, N.S. [Unpublished Gumilev]: The Poisoned Tunic and Other Unpublished Works / Edited by G.P. Struve, with an introductory essay, biographical sketch, and notes. Published by the Chekhov Publishing House, New York. 1952, 240 pp., hardcover, 21.5×14 cm., in good condition, stamped on the title page “Maison de retraite de Saint-Raphaël.” The collection includes the following works by N.S. Gumilev: *The Poisoned Tunic: A Tragedy in 5 Acts*; *Poems 1916–1918*—unpublished works and variants; *The Merry Brothers*: A Novella. The source for the publication of these works was a small archive left by N.S. Gumilev in London before his return to Russia in 1918. The print run totaled 3,056 copies, of which 1,064 had been sold by the time the publishing house was liquidated. In 1956 and 1958, 1,192 copies were written off and destroyed. (1,024 + 168 copies). The remaining copies were transferred to the National Council of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).