Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Story by Pierre Bost – Illustrations by Nikolay Akimov – St. Petersburg, 1928

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Sold for: $125
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Смерть г-на Жюльена [Death of M. Julien], by Pierre Bost, translated from the French by L. S. Utevsky (Лев Самойлович Утевский). Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Кооперативное издательство "Время" ["Time" Cooperative Publishers], 1928. Russian. Illustrations: Nikolay Akimov.
Short story by the French screenwriter, author, and journalist, Pierre Bost.
The illustration on the cover and four additional illustrations within the text are the work of graphic artist, stage designer, and theater director Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (1901-1968).
48 pp. + [4] illustrated plates, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and dampstains. Minor tears and blemishes to cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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