Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
ZOHRAP, GRIGOR. Lur Ts'awer. 238, [1] pages * Keank'e Inch'pes Or E. 200 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one, with half-titles * VARUZHAN, DANIEL. Ts'eghin Sirte. [3]-249, [6] pages; lacks half-title. Together, 3 volumes in 2. 8vo, Zohrap in contemporary 1/4 leather, worn, with occasional minor foxing, contemporary stamp on both title pages, pencil scrawls and soiling on first title page, Varuzhan in later cloth with stains on preliminaries and last few leaves. Constantinople, 1911; 1911; 1909

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first editions of two collections of stories by Zohrap (1861-1915) and a book of poetry by Varuzhan (1884-1915), two major Armenian authors of the early 20th century. They were among the intellectuals arrested and murdered during the initial phase of the Armenian Genocide.