[Mindlin, Em.] [Krasin in the Ice]. ԿՐԱՍԻՆԸ ՍԱՌՈՒՅՑՆԵՐԻ ՄԵՋ.

In Armenian.
[Designed by P. Suvorov].

[Moskva], [Tsentralnoe izdatelstvo narodov SSSR], 1931.
8vo, 32 pp., ill.

In original illustrated wrappers. Signed and inscribed inside front cover.
Near very good condition, edges sun-tanned, author’s mark to title page.

Signed andinscribed by the author: 'Chitai na zdorove! / Ariadne Rykovyan / ot / armyanskogo pisatelya / Em. Mindlinyantsa. / Moskva / 28/XII 1931' [Read to your health! / Ariadne Rykovyan / from / Armenian writer / Em. Mindlinyants. / Moscow / 28/XII 1931]. Mindlin used two pre-reform orthographic letters in this text. One of 5 000 copies published.

The Soviet icebreaker 'Krassin' participated in the rescue operation of Umberto Nobile's North Pole expedition. The writer Emily Mindlin (1900-1981) was among the crew members. Mindlin's novel was originally published in Russian in 1929 and later reprinted in multiple languages of the Soviet nations.

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