At the City of Arkhangelsk, at the Shipyard Dock. Illustrated collection of Northern Russian folklore.

Shergin, B. [At the City of Arkhangelsk, at the Shipyard Dock: A Collection of Old Stories.]. U Arkhangel'skogo Goroda, u Korobel'nogo Pristanishcha: Sbornik starin.

Designed and illustrated by the author.

Moscow-Petrograd, GIZ, [1924].
12mo, 52 pp., 5 ill., music.

In original wrappers.
Near very good condition, minor chips to spine, owner signature to front cover.

One of 2 000 copies printed.

First book by Boris Shergin (1896-1973), one of the most original writers of Russian Pomor and Russian folklore.

Born in Arkhangelsk, Shergin’s work was closely connected with the culture of Northern Russia. His stories are written in the Pomor dialect. He studied at the Stroganov Artistic and Industrial High School. In 1916 the Academy of Sciences commissioned Shergin to the Shenkursky District of Arkhangelsk Province to research local dialects and collect folklore pieces. He made a major contribution to the revival of northern handicrafts. Since 1922, he worked for the Children’s Reading Institute under the People's Commissariat for Education.
This collection features six texts and tunes of Northern folk ballads, slightly reworked by Shergin, who also created his own illustrations for the ballads in the style of old Russian paintings.

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