Six Poems From the Russian

NY: The Galleon Press, 1936. First edition (presumed). 317pp; illus. Red cloth stamped in gilt to front board and spine, lacking a jacket. Light bumping and some splitting to corners; light fraying to spine ends; toning to textblock. About very good.

Original translations of three longer poems by Pushkin ("Ruslan and Ludmilla," "Poltava," and "Caucasian Captive") and Lermontov ("Izmael Bey," "Lithuanian Maid," and "The Daemon"). Translation and foreword by Jacob Krup, with twelve interpretive illustrations by Herbert Fouts. Uncommon.