A RARE COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT TEXTS BY ALEXANDER HERZEN AND NIKOLAY OGAREFF PUBLISHED BY THE FREE RUSSIAN PRESS IN LONDON, 1858-1861

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A RARE COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT TEXTS BY ALEXANDER HERZEN AND NIKOLAY OGAREFF PUBLISHED BY THE FREE RUSSIAN PRESS IN LONDON, 1858-1861
comprising:

(a) ZA PIAT' LET [For Five Years] (1855-1860). Political and Social Articles. In 2 volumes. First Edition. London: Vol'naya Russkaya Tipografiya / Trubner & Co, 1860-1861. 2 volumes set. Authors: Alexander Gertzen (Volume I) and Nikolai Ogaryov (Volume II). Text in Russian. 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches, half-leather over marbled boards; marbled epps and ends. XI, 320, (2) pp. + IV, 403, (3) pp.

(b) Four books in one: 1. PIS'MA IZ FRANTSII I ITALII [Letters from France and Italy, and three more books, London: Trubner & Co, 1858, Author: Alexander Gertzen. Four books in one (Each book with its own title page and separate pagination):
1. PIS'MA IZ FRANTSII I ITALII (Letters from France and Italy). Second Edition. XII, 303, (2) pp.
2. S TOGO BEREGA (From the Other Shore). Second Revised Edition. XXIII, 194, (3) pp.
3. RUSSKY NAROD (The Russian People and Socialism). Letter to Michelet. First in Russian. I, 49, (1) pp.
4. STARY MIR (The Old World and Russia). First in Russian. IX, 52 pp. Text in Russian. 6-3/4" x 4" half-leather over marbled boards; marbled epps and ends. Frontispiece: portrait of the author.

(c) Two books in one: 1. 14 DEKABRIA 1825 (December 14, 1825 and Emperor Nicolas [Nicholas]). 2. KTO VINOVAT? (Who Is Guilty?), London: Trubner & Co, 1858-1859. Author: Alexander Gertzen. Two books in one (Each book with its own title page and separate pagination):
1. 14 DEKABRIA 1825 (December 14, 1825 an Emperor Nicolas [Nicholas]). London: Trubner & Co, 1858. XIV, 308, (1) pp.
2. KTO VINOVAT (Who Is Guilty?). Novel in Two Parts. Second Revised Edition. London: Trubner & Co, 1859. VIII, 313, (1), (3) pp. Text in Russian. 6-5/8 x 4-1/4 inches, half-leather over marbled boards; marbled epps and ends.

(d) OGAREFF, Nikolai, STIKHOTVORENIYA (Poetry).. First Edition. London: Trubner & Co., 1858 . Author: Nikolai Ogariov. Text in Russian. 6-3/4 x 4-1/8 inches, half-leather over marbled boards; marbled epps and ends. 432, (1), (1) pp. Frontispiece: portrait of the author.

LOT NOTES
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Iskander), was a Russian writer and political thinker who is often known as the 'Father of Russian Socialism.' His writings from exile played an important role in the Emancipation of the Serfs in 1861. Living in the United Kindom from 1852-1864, he founded, with the aid of Polish exiles, the 'Free Russian Press in London,' the first uncensored printing enterprise in Russian history. This collection of books is historically significant and quite rare.

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