Бокариус М.В.

Marina Bokarius. MY KOKTEBEL AND MY VOLOSHIN

Describes how the author created a small collection of books, autographs, photographs, drawings, and watercolors connected with M.A.Voloshin and M.S.Voloshina, Koktebel and the House of the Poet. A significant part is here published for the first time.

Молодяков В.Э.

Vassilii Molodiakov. MY PRIVATE MUSEUM OF GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK

The author tells of his collection of books, manuscripts, photographs and other materials related to George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962), the noted German-born American poet and writer and presents it as a kind of private museum. New information is added to the biography “George Sylvester Viereck: More Than One Life” (Moscow: Krug, 2015) by the same author.

Хейнс С.

Susan R.Hanes. MY PERSISTENT PHANTOM: MY LIFE WITH WILKIE COLLINS

Devoted to Wilkie Collins, the Victorian writer, and one of the little-known episodes in his life, the author’s collection of books and materials related to the writer.

Шергина З.П.

Zoya Shergina. "POET OF THE BOOK": MIKHAIL SEMENOVICH BAZYKIN

Devoted to Mikhail Bazykin (1900-1930), passionate bibliophile and collector in Russia during the eventful 1920^s. First employed at the Tretyakov Gallery, he worked there briefly, though he managed to pursue the idea of creating a scientific library, later brought to fruition without his participation. He worked in the Russian Society of Friends of the Book, the Russian Bibliographic Society of Moscow State University, the State Academy of Artistic Sciences, the Leningrad Ex-libris Society, and the State Publishing House. Bazykin, in contact with outstanding scientists, bibliophiles, and artists of that time, assembled a unique library, an excellent bookplate collection and prints, all passing to the Tretyakov Gallery after his tragic death.

Александров А.С.

Aleksandr Aleksandrov. ALEKSANDR ALEKSEEVICH ISMAILOV — LITERARY CRITIC AND BIBLIOPHILE

Devoted to the book collection of AA.Izmailov, critic and journalist of the early 20^th Century. Although the fate of Izmailov’s library is unknown, the author traces the fate of parts of the collection based on letters and memoirs of contemporaries. The article reproduces the text of unique inscriptions that appear on title pages of the books from the critic’s archive.

Субботина Е.В.

Elena Subbotina. BOOKS FROM THE N.P.LIKHACHEV LIBRARY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL PUSHKIN MUSEUM

Studies books from the library of N.P.Likhachev held by the National Pushkin Museum. Likhachev inherited the family library, formed over generations, and added his own collection. In the 1930s, after Likhachev’s arrest and exile, his library was moved to the Library of the Academy of Sciences. In the 1950^s several books appeared in the collections of the National Pushkin Museum. The article introduces books containing the bookplates of P.F.Lik- hachev, N.P.Likhachev, dedicatory inscriptions by N.V.Solovev, L.E.Buch- heim, B.L.Modzalevskii, and describes the life of Likhachev and his collection after the revolution.

Солоненко В.К.

Vladimir Solonenko. RARITY — BIBLIOGRAPHIC

An account of the author’s personal library containing books on bibliography, publishing and editing, bookselling, book arts and illustrated editions.

Поздеева И.В.

Irina Pozdeeva. «A MIND WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS»

Devoted to the life, works and library ofJoseph, Archimandrite of the Savior-Yaroslavl Monastery, who was a passionate book-lover, poet, writer, and theologian. The information about Joseph’s life is based on the notes in his books, recently discovered in libraries located in different cities. The outcome is an image of a bright, talented man of the transitional period of Russian history.

Молодяков В.Э.

Vasilii Molodyakov. «DISHEVELLED FLOURISH»: A HISTORY OF CHARLES MAURRAS IN THIRTY-THREE DEDICATIONS

An introduction to a private collection of books inscribed by Charles Maurras (1868-1952), the famous French writer and thinker, and books about Maurras inscribed by the authors. The dedications of Maurras, well- known for his illegible hand, reflect a brief history of his life and times.

Семибратов В.К.

Vladimir Semibratov. «TO A FRIEND OF MINE — A FRIEND IN LIFE, POETRY, LIBRARY...»

Considers Viktor Serbskii’s inscriptions. The founder of the Library of Russian Poetry of the 20^th Century in Bratsk, Irkutsk region, from 1983 to 2008 Serbskii wrote marginalia on various individual and collective works and sent them to Viktor Kobisskii, his friend, poet, and biblioiphone resident in the village of Aksha, Transbaikal Region. These original texts are introduced into literary and scientific study for the first time.

Телингатер С.
Телингатер В.С. (публикация)

Solomon Telingater. RECOLLECTIONS. Preface by Vladimir Telingater

Memoirs dedicated to the art of the book of the 1920^s in Russia, a time when a new graphic language was emerging. The article relates episodes concerning the works of painters — Solomon Telingater’s contemporaries. Special attention is paid to the constructivists El Lissitzky, A.Rodchenko, and others of the Russian avant-garde.

Бердичевский Я.И.

Yakov Berdichevskii. BOOKS AND BOOKPLATES OF EVGENII OSIPOVICH BURGUNKER

Relates the career of a provincial boy from the Black Sea coast, through the workshop of V.A.Favorskii to the heights of design and illustration of masterpieces of Russian and world classical literature, numerous foreign and domestic exhibitions, diplomas, medals, bookplates.

Райхин А.Д.

Aleksandr Raikhin. STEP AWAY FROM THE GULAG

Discusses the second part of the two-volume book “To the Memory of Fallen Fighters for the Revolution” (the struggle of Latvians against the tsarist regime), published in 1936 at Moscow, and the fate of its authors. Ayear later, the Latvian publishing house “Prometheus”, which released it, fell victim to Stalinist repressions. Writers and other members of the editorial team were shot. The illustrator — P.Ia.Pavlinov, the famous Moscow artist — escaped arrest by chance. This episode is a hidden page of the artist’s life and Russian art in general.

Шустрова Л.В.

Ludmila Shustrova. EX-LIBRIS: ONCE MORE THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION

Creation of the data bank‘All-Russian Compendium of Monuments of the Book” stimulated the interest of various libraries in the bookplate as the subject of scientific research. Scientific conferences held in Moscow in October-November 2017 shared experience in studying volumes containing ex-libris, storing and working with ex-libris collections, publishing catalogs of such collections, and presenting the results.

Никитин Е.Н.

Evgenii Nikitin. THE TRAGIC FATE OF THE PUBLISHER ZINOVII GRZHEBIN

Describes the tragic fate of Z.I.Grzhebin (based on his correspondence with Maxim Gorky). He began his publishing business with satirical magazines “Bogey” and “Infernal Mail”. Then, together with S.Iu.Kopelman, he founded the publishing house “Shipovnik”. After the 1917 revolution, together with Gorky, Grzhebin organized the “Publishing house of Zinovii Grzhebin”. Soviet bureaucrats obstructed the work of this publishing house. Only V.I.Lenin, proceeding from his plans to expel Gorky from Russia, supported the publishers. After the departure of Gorky and Grzhebin abroad in 1921, the editions of Grzhebin’s publishing house were not allowed in Russia. Grzhebin went broke. He died in poverty in 1929.

Юниверг Л.И.

Leonid Yuniverg. 20 YEARS — 200 EDITIONS: THE JERUSALEM PUBLISHING HOUSE "PHILOBIBLION"

Leonid Yuniverg, book historian and Chairman of the Jerusalem Club of Bibliophiles, in 1997 founded the publishing house “Philobiblon” in Jerusalem. Books and albums of this publisher have a high standard of choosing and editing texts and a special style of internal and external design. This article, commissioned by the editors of this almanac, contains the author’s recollections on the beginning of his publishing business and what has been accomplished over the past two decades.