Poems And Adaptations by Lillian Saminsky. 1931 First Edition. The Oxonian store Press.

The Oxonian Press. 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 60 pp. with several illustrations by Natalie Gontcharova and Natalie Hays Hammond. Blue store cloth covered boards with faded gilt title to spine. Bumped and rubbed corners and extremities, splits in cloth to spine. Bookplate to front paste down and pen signature to FFEP. 2 small typed notes glued to title page-For Review, and address at bottom of page. Interior clean, crisp, bright and tight. Very Good.

First publication of this English book. Some of the poems of Mrs. Saminsky, at the time a young American writer descended from the ancient de Cranne family, of England, as well as English version of some Russian lyrics (Pushkin, Lermontov, Balmont, Blokv et Sollogoup). Lillian was the wife of Lazare Saminsky, a well known composer of Jewish music. Two designs by female artists N. Gontcharova and N. Hays Hammond.