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20. Pushkin "Evgeny Onegin". The Pushkin Press. London. 1937. 255 p. In English . language. Hard cover, spine , " under the skin " , the top edge gold . Illustrations Dobuzhinsky . 200mm x 290mm Edition 775 , 750 of them for sale . A copy of 137. Corners and edges frayed book , a slight " fox spots " on the flyleaf. Two sheets ( the last leaf of the preface and the first page of the entry ) have a horizontal tear in the middle of the height and width of up to half of the book, professionally sealed transparent tape. Loss of the text under the tape. These 2 sheets dented and the " fox spots ." Damage seen in the photographs. Otherwise condition is very beautiful bibliophile edition horoshee.Ochen . Rarity. $ 4,000 for the entire collection .
On this edition of Alexandre Benois wrote in 1938 : "" Eugene Onegin ", finally got a decent picture. I think this is an event of paramount importance in the Russian art world .... Dobuzhinsky gave the reader- viewer's masterpiece ."
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