Veresaev, V. Companions of Pushkin. Volume 1 (Sputniki Pushkina), 1937. In Russian

Вересаев, В. Спутники Пушкина (в 2 томах). Том 1 (некомплект).
Художник: А. И. Усачев.
Москва: Советский писатель, 1937.
404, [2] с., ил. Твердый переплет, увеличенный формат (22×18 см). Тираж: 10000 экз.
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Veresaev, V. Companions of Pushkin (in 2 volumes). Volume 1 (incomplete set) (Sputniki Pushkina).
Artist: A. I. Usachev.
Moscow: Sovetsky pisatel, 1937.
404, [2] p., ill. Hardcover, enlarged format (22×18 cm). Edition of 10,000 copies.

This is the first volume (published without the second) of the landmark biographical and reference work Companions of Pushkin by the eminent Russian and Soviet writer and literary scholar Vikenty Vikentievich Veresaev (1867–1945). Published in 1937 by the "Soviet Writer" publishing house, this two-volume set represents the culmination of Veresaev's many years of meticulous research into Alexander Pushkin's life and era. The book compiles over four hundred concise yet vivid literary portraits of the people who surrounded the great poet — including his family, Lyceum friends, teachers, fellow writers, artists, and beloved women — creating a detailed social panorama of his time. Recognized by experts as "the most complete reference book on Pushkin's circle", it serves as an indispensable scholarly resource for understanding the poet's biography and the historical context of his work. This first volume, with its enlarged format, hardcover binding featuring blind and color embossing by artist A. I. Usachev, and inclusion of illustrations on separate sheets, is a valuable bibliographic artifact of pre-war Soviet publishing dedicated to Russia's national literary heritage.