ARGASHEV, Sergei. I. Parida (povest' IX v) [Parida (Story of the 9th century)]. II. Tsvety na l'du (dagestanskaia lirika) [Flowers on the ice (Dagestani lyric)]. III. Pesni o vozhdiakh [Songs about chieftains] ... Moscow, All-Soviet Scientific Association of Oriental Studies, 1924.
Small 8vo, pp. 79; in the original decorative paper wrappers, some small repairs.
First edition: a collection of Dagestani pieces ('a poetic treatment of raw material' and 'the fruit of a close acquaintance with the manuscripts of the ancient Caucasus'), with a preface by Bryusov.Tarasenkov p. 20. Not in Kilgour, NUC or the British Library catalogue. OCLC and RLIN locate 4 copies only (Stanford, UC Davis, Yale, Library of Congress).
£100
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