Hi
Here is perhaps a relevant book:
Nihilism As It Is, Being Stepniak's Pamphlets Translated By E L Voynich, And Felix Volkhovsky's Claims Of The Russian Liberals With An Introduction By Dr R Spence Watson
Stepniak, Sergius M - Volkhovsky, Felix & Watson, Dr R Spence [introduction]
Book Description: T Fisher Unwin nd [ 1895 ]. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xii+122pp, spine a little faded, but a nice copy. S.M. Stepniak-Kravchinskiy (1851-95) came to Britain as a literary celebrity with a book on the Russian revolutionary movement. He published many works in England. He was killed in a railway accident while still in his prime - 1000 attended his funeral, at which William Morris spoke. Stepniak and Volkhovskiy entered into a collaboration that was to have a strong influence not only on the Russian revolutionary movement in the 1890s, but also on British public opinion to the quarter-century preceding the First World War. In 1891 they formed the Russian Free Press Fund (RFPF), and the Anglo-Russian Society of Friends of Russian Freedom (SFRF), to influence British public opinion. The leading RFPF members lectured to societies, groups and political parties all over Britain on topics like the iniquities of the Tsarist system and the virtues of the Russian pea! santry. An Uncommon work.
And here is the ad hoc Abebook link:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?y=20&kn=VOYNICH&x=54&sortby=1
Regards,
Jean
P.S. (smile)
In the same page there is
|
Codex Seraphinianus (ISBN:0896594289) Book Description: Abbeyville Press, 1983. NF/NF; beautiful cream paper, produced in Italy, jacket with two small frays in corners and two tiny nic on the spine; unread; contents clean and tight; lavishly produced, extraordinary encyclopedia for an imaginary world in a parallel universe, comments in an invented language in code in florid script, extremely humorous graphic illustrations on such subjects as plants, animals, labyrinths, cards, babble, foods, the human body, all in vibrant color; the codex is a parody of the real world that is equivalent to the great work of the surrealists. It is an invaluable edition for anyone interested in art, code, and encyclopedic knowledge.
| ||||