January 28 will auction XIV "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, graphics, photos and autographs." Of 283 lots catalog - autographs of writers, artists, politicians, books, documents, etc.

January 28, 2012 will be held XIV auction «antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, graphics, signatures and photos» .

The auction will be presented to more than 100 autographs of famous writers, poets, artists, political figures, including Napoleon Bonaparte, the Duke d'Abrantes, M. Tsvetaeva, Boris Pasternak, Esenin, A. Vertinsky, V. Nabokov, A. Solzhenitsyn, Nemirovich-Danchenko, , V. Gilyarovskogo Veresayev, Paustovsky, B. Tabor , Shalamov, K. Chukovsky Kassilya L., A. Mikoyan, Brezhnev, Vladimir Vysotsky, Okudzhava, Y. Vizbora, A. Tertz, V. Rasputin, and many others.

All presented in This topic is certainly unique lots. So, letter of the Emperor Napoleon I is addressed to Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, the Duke of Feltre - War Minister of Napoleon, and was written in May 1812, three months before the famous battle of Borodino (lot number 248).

Lot number 248. Letter to the Emperor Napoleon I in French language addressed to Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, the Duke of Feltre - War Minister of Napoleon [Autographs]

Autographed Vladimir Nabokov is addressed to the famous German film director Kurt Hoffman, which removed the famous interview with Nabokov in October 1971 in Montreux. Inskript unique in that it contains not only the inscription of the great writer, but a color drawing of a butterfly, made by his hand. As you know, Nabokov never signed books to strangers, but even friends rarely succeeded with his signature catch a butterfly pattern (Lot № 141).

Lot number 141. Nabokov, V. Poems and problems

should be noted that autographs of Sergey Esenin found in today's antique market is extremely rare. A signature represented at the auction, is addressed to David Ioannovich Maryanov, comrade Lunacharsky, the founding member of the group created at the initiative of S. Esenin 'Association of freethinkers in Moscow "(lot number 108).

Museum of Unconditional value has a number of autographs Solzhenitsyn , presented in lot number 264 and relating to the history of the first published book, Solzhenitsyn's" One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich ».

Very mysterious and koketliv autograph of the famous Alexander Vertinsky , addressed the future wife of the famous Russian poet Mikhail Zenkevich Alexandra Nikolaevna: "Alexandra, but when you grow up, you seem a childish nonsense. A. Vertinsky "(lot number 213).

Lot number 213. Photograph of the studio of Gornshteyna autographed by Alexander Vertinsky, addressed to his future wife of the poet M. Zenkevich Alexandra Nikolaevna. A. Vertinsky depicted in makeup and costume of Pierrot

theme of "love feelings" continues the series of autographs Tsvetaeva , showing her youthful epistolary romance with Peter Yurkevich - two early poems addressed to him. In the same lot and represented the first book of Tsvetaeva's "The Evening Album" (Lot № 97).

In addition, the directory, as usual, included rare photographs autographed by Vladimir Vysotsky, Okudzhava, Y. Vizbora and many other. Section original graphics represented by such names as , Pasternak , K. Kuznetsov , Dara , N. Troshin , Kukryniksy .

< p class = "mat1"> Do not bypassed the auction side and the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, celebrated this year. Section, "The War of 1812," represented by a number of rare books XIX - XX centuries in the history of the war.

a selection of interesting emigre publications from Constantinople, an extremely rare edition of "From the red paws in an unknown distance: march Urals," Argentine book "Russia in a concentration camp" and "People of the Soviet prison" and a set of dissident publications such as "Working Commission to Investigate the use of psychiatry for political purposes," "Trials of Economic Affairs in the USSR", and others.

watching the lots will be held January 25-27, with 14 to 19 hours in a second-hand antique-cabin "uncle Gilyaya Reading Room" (Moscow, Nikita Boulevard, 8).

XIV auction « antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, graphics, signatures and photo »will be held January 28, 2012 in Nicholas Hall Hotel" National "(Moscow, ul. Moss, 15 /1). The beginning of trading in 15 hours.

Catalogue Auction XIV "antiquarian books manuscripts, historical papers, drawings, autographs, photos » .

Contact: Sergei Burmistrov, editor in chief of" About Books ", tel.: ( 495) 969-77-45 (order printed catalogs).

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