Dew Drops

Dew drops. - New York: American Tract Society, [c. 1847]. - 128 p.; 56x34 mm.

Brown cloth, gilt stamped; edges gilt. Decorated spine with title.
Undated, but according to binding and gilt decoration from ca 1847.

Set of bible extracts issued by the American Tract Society, a nonprofit evangelical organization founded in 1825 in New York City for the purpose of publishing and disseminating Christian literature. Over the years American Tract Society has produced many theological books and tracts.
The first “Dew Drops” was issued about 1831 as a copy ftom the one printed by The Religious Tract Society in London. The last one, as far as I know, dates from 1899.

Pushkin

 















Don Жуанский спиок Пушкина / Pushkin's Don Juan's list. - Moskva, Janiko, 1996. - 24x19 mm., 127 p., ills. - ISBN 5883690718

Dark-red leather binding with guilt ornament on front and spine. Painted edges. Edition of 100 copies.

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), Romantic author, considered as the greatest Russian poet. Born as son of the Russian nobility and the fact that he published his first poem at the age of fifteen gave him an easy entrance to the literary establishment of St. Petersburg.
Later on because of his commitment to social reform and his critical writings he came under the strict control of government and censors. In 1820, banned from the capital, he started to write what became his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov. The uncensored version of this drama got a premiere only in 2007.
Famous composers like Mussorgsky (Boris Godunov) and Tchaikovsky (Eugene Onegin) were inspired by his work
In 1837 he challenged his brother in-law Georges d'Anthès to a duel because of rumors that his wife has started a scandalous affair. Pushkin died two days later.

The Russian Publishing House YanikO (ЯникО) has issued a lot of miniature books, Most of them with fine bindings.