{"product_id":"gogol-n-evenings-on-a-farm-near-dikanka-vechera-na-khutore-bliz-dikanki-illustrated-by-a-laptev-1960-in-russian","title":"Gogol, N. Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki). Illustrated by A. Laptev, 1960. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГоголь, Николай Васильевич. Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки. Повести, изданные пасичником Рудым Паньком \/ рисунки А. Лаптева.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Гослитиздат, 1960. 276 страниц, с иллюстрациями (в том числе тоновыми вклейками).\u003cbr\u003eТираж 30 000 экземпляров. Твёрдый переплёт (коленкор), увеличенный (энциклопедический) формат.\u003cbr\u003eПереплёт очень хороший: тканевый переплёт с чёрным графическим рисунком на передней крышке, чистый, без потёртостей; уголки практически не потёрты. Блок очень хороший: крепкий, чистый; иллюстрации, включая тоновые вклейки, полностью сохранены.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eGogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich. Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka. Tales Published by the Beekeeper Rudy Panko \/ illustrated by Aleksei Laptev. First edition (of this illustrated edition).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : Goslitizdat, 1960. 276 pp., illustrated (including duotone plates).\u003cbr\u003ePrint run of 30,000 copies. Hardcover (cloth), oversized \"encyclopedic\" format.\u003cbr\u003eBinding very good: cloth boards with a striking black graphic design on the front cover, clean and unworn; corners practically unrubbed. Text block very good: firm and clean; illustrations, including duotone plates, fully present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first edition of one of the most celebrated illustrated Soviet editions of Gogol's debut collection - \"Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka,\" the two-part cycle of Ukrainian folk tales that launched Gogol's literary career in 1831-1832 and drew Pushkin's famous praise for its \"genuine, sincere, unaffected gaiety.\" This large-format 1960 Goslitizdat edition is illustrated throughout by Aleksei Mikhailovich Laptev (1905-1965), one of the most accomplished Soviet book illustrators of the mid-twentieth century - also celebrated for his illustrations to Gogol's \"Dead Souls\" - whose atmospheric pen-and-ink and duotone illustrations of witches, devils, moonlit Ukrainian villages, and comic peasant scenes are considered among the definitive visual interpretations of the cycle and were reprinted in numerous subsequent editions for decades afterward. The volume presents both parts of the collection complete - \"Sorochintsy Fair,\" \"St. John's Eve,\" \"May Night,\" and \"The Lost Letter\" from the first part, and \"Christmas Eve,\" \"A Terrible Vengeance,\" \"Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt,\" and \"The Bewitched Place\" from the second - framed by Gogol's characteristic fictional-editor's preface attributed to \"the beekeeper Rudy Panko.\" Issued in a run of 30,000 copies in an oversized format with a striking graphic cloth binding, this edition remains a favorite among collectors of Soviet illustrated books and Gogol enthusiasts alike for the strength of Laptev's interpretive artwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525048365098,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_59812.jpg?v=1782929589","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/gogol-n-evenings-on-a-farm-near-dikanka-vechera-na-khutore-bliz-dikanki-illustrated-by-a-laptev-1960-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}