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[Ukraine Kobzar Taras] Taras Shevchenko : Selected Works

SHEVCHENKO, Taras (Edited by Korney Chukovsky)

Moscow: Central Committee of the Komsomol, 1939. Hardcover. "Shevchenko was convicted in 1847 of explicitly promoting the independence of Ukraine, writing poems in the Ukrainian language and ridiculing members of the Russian Imperial House... according to the secret police, he was a champion of independence." wiki. Text in Cyrillic, publisher info. from colophon. Illustrated with many evocative and haunting illustrations, reflecting the famous poet - known as the "Walt Whitman of Ukraine" emotive thoughts within. Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt and blind onto boards and spine, 8vo size (8.5 inches tall), pp. lxiii, [lxiv], 366, [368], index, decorative eps, illustrated throughout. Volume covers w. bumps, stains and soil, bottom corner and bottom edges of text block with tide line water stains, eps. toned, frontis and tp. w. some spotting, inside corner of rear pastedown w. a 1/2 inch closed tear. Thus, Good Only and sold with all faults. Good Only. Item #4293

"The writings of Taras Shevchenko - a genius of the Ukrainian Nation - belong to all nations. They cross from one continent to the next... Shevchenko's works and literature about him are widely represented in the Library of Congress." Library of Congress. The publisher "Central Committee of the Komsomol was the executive leadership of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, commonly known as the Komsomol." wiki.

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