81. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich).

Almost at the End.

New York, Holte, 1987. Octavo. 145 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A work of interrelated prose and poetry, some translated by the author himself. Faint Remainder mark to top edge, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket with a very nice portrait of Yevtushenko. Beautifully signed by Yevtushenko on the endpaper.

82. Voinovich, Vladimir.

In Plain Russian. Stories. Translated by Richard Lourie.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Octavo. XV, 299 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A collection of short stories by the author of “the Soviet Catch 22” The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. Near fine in dust jacket with mild crease to rear panel, small bump to head of spine. Inscribed / signed by Voinovich to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

83. Skvorecky, Josef.

Babylonsky Pribeh a jiné povidky.

Praze / Prague, Svobodné, 1967. Small Octavo. 178 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this volume of short stories which includes Bassaxofon, a long story evincing Skvorecky’s love of jazz. Illustrated. Spine lightly faded and a faint dampstain to upper corner of rear board, else a near fine copy in illustrated cloth-covered boards.

84. Samsel, Roman.

Coraz Blizej Nadziei…

Warszawa, Iskry, 1962. 12°. 137 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed / Signed by Roman Samsel.

85. Reuter, Christian.

Schelmuffskys wahrhaftige, kuriöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und zu Lande. Neu bearbeitet und eingeleitet von Karl Pannier.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1905. Kl.-8°. 142 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, dekorative Broschur. Guter Zustand. Minimal angerändert und am oberen und unteren Kapital leicht angeplatzt. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 4343. 20 Pfennig].

86. Nezval, Vítêzslav.

Blizenci. Poesie. [With graphic Design of Vit Obrtel].

Praze / Prague, Ladislav Kuncir v Praze, 1927. Small Octavo. 55 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. First edition, ordinary issue (one of 1000 copies printed); a near fine copy in publisher’s printed wrappers.

87. Lobet, Marcel.

Le feu du ciel. Introduction a la litterature prometheene.

[Paris], La Renaissance du Livre, 1969. Octavo. 170 pages. Reliure originale / Broche. First edition of this study of what the author terms “promethean” literature, including Lautreamont, Artaud, Bataille, Klossowski, Leiris, and other dissident French writers. Preface by Pierre-Henri Simon. Inscribed by the author to Rene Jasinski, “A Monsieur Rene Jasinski, en hommage de haute estime, Marcel Lobet.” With author’s carte-de-visite laid in.

88. Lobet, Marcel.

La ceinture de feuillage. Essai sur la confession deguisee

[Paris], La Renaissance du Livre, 1966. Octavo. 212 pages. Reliure originale / Broche. First edition of this interesting study of the confessional genre in French literature, starting with Benjamin Constant and Chateaubriand, and moving through Valery Larbaud’s “Barnabooth.” Inscribed by the author to Madame Rene Jasinski, “A Madame Rene Jasinski, dont la curiosite intellectuelle retrouvera dans ces pages anciennes un Benjamin Constant ‘a fleur de peau’, avec mes fideles hommages, Marcel Lobet.”

89. Landor, Walter Savage / Bradley, William.

The Early Poems of Walter Savage Landor. A study of his development and debt to Milton.

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1914). 13.7 cm x 21 cm. 121 pages. Hardcover / Professionally, recently rebound in pale grey cloth, preserving the original wrapper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A few notes and marks on title pages in pencil.

90. Kott, Jan.

The Eating of the Gods. An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy.Translated by Boleslaw Taborski and Edward J. Czerwinski.

First Edition. London, Eyre Methuen, 1974. Octavo. XIX, 334 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, unclipped dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to rear endpaper.