PUSHKIN, Alexander – Karmannaia Knizhka dlia Liubitelei Russkoi Stariny i Slovestnosti na 1830 god. No. 1 i 2. [A Pocket Edition for Lovers of Russian History and Letters for 1830. Nos 1 and 2.] St Petersburg: by Gintse for V. Olin, January and February 1830.

PUSHKIN, Alexander – Karmannaia Knizhka dlia Liubitelei Russkoi Stariny i Slovestnosti na 1830 god. No. 1 i 2. [A Pocket Edition for Lovers of Russian History and Letters for 1830. Nos 1 and 2.] St Petersburg: by Gintse for V. Olin, January and February 1830.

Two parts in one volume, 8° (144 x 109mm). (Occasional light scattered spotting, occasional light marginal soiling.) Contemporary Russian green half roan, flat spine stamped directly in blind (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed, spine evenly faded to brown). Provenance: Petr Trafimov (title signature in each part).

FIRST EDITION. Includes the first appearance in print of Pushkin’s poem to Princess Galitsina (‘Davno ob nei vospominane...’). Also includes contributions by Glinka and Olin. RARE: apparently not in WorldCat; ABPC and RBH record no copy at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii Almanacs 330-331; Smirnov-Soko’skii Pushkin 99.