Vaadeldes Randavaid Pilvi by Luts, Oskar - 1984

Ээсти раамат, 1975. Hardcover/Hardback. Fair. В повести «На задворках» (1933) О.Лутс рисует картины из жизни опустившихся, выброшенных за борт людей, показывает задворки капиталистического общества.

Русская энциклопедия, 2003. Softcover/Paperback. New. Тридцатые годы прошлого века. Новая встреча с героями, которые теперь уже стали взрослыми. Многие живут спокойной семейной жизнью. На этот раз главным героем книги стал Кийр со своей «акцией женитьбы», желанием разбогатеть в портняжном деле и стать хозяином хутора. Но на его пути встречаются разнообразные препятствия…Тридцатые года минувшее вечно. Новая встреча на ковре с героями, которые-нибудь в данный момент уже поделались большими. Многочисленные жительствуют глубокомысленной женатой явью. На оный раз… Read More

Tallin Estonia: Kirjastus Eesti Raamat, 1966 Very attractive book with an arts and crafts look, actually a 1966 reprint of the 1912 novel. Written in Estonian. B/W illustrations plus colour frontispiece and dust jacket. Decorative endpapers with green print stripes. Pea green boards with b/w styllised classroom scene and peach spine with green lettering. Attractive wrap around jacket art in modernised Dickensian style, suitably paralleling the literary style which Kuts, work is said to resemble.It has a Scandinavian look. Title is apparently Estonian for Spring, Luts' first novel. Bookplate on inside front board Edgar Kadak ? cartoon of artist. Pages browning. DJ spine a bit sunned and browned with price tag pull, some edge tears and generally quite brittle from age. Still a very attractive book to look at (or to read if you know Estonian!)

Tartu, Estonia: ILLAMA, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good+. Popular Estonian author & playwright (1887 - 1953) who wrote about the peasant's and laborer's life under the Czarist and German eras. Kevade (Spring) was his first book (1912) and is commonly considered his most successful and a national classic. His humour and sentimentality has drawn comparison with Charles Dickens.. 272pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cream illustrated boards with cloth spine. Estonian text. Boards have a hint of soiling. Pages clean tight and unmarked.

Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1927. First edition. In original, illustrated cover by Richard Kivit. In good condition.. First edition. In original, illustrated cover by Richard Kivit. 141, (3) p. Oskar Luts (1887-1953) Estonian writer and playwright, awarded with the title National Writer of Estonia in 1945. Richard Kivit (1888-1981) Estonian graphic artist, studied in Tartu and Berlin. .

Tartu: Noor-Eesti (J. Mällo), 1926. First edition. In original, illustrated hard paper, designed by Peet Aren. In fine condition.. First edition. In original, illustrated hard paper, designed by Peet Aren. 102, (2) p. Oskar Luts (1887-1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright, awarded with the title National Writer of Estonia in 1945. Ants Lintner is a love story between two students in the independent Republic of Estonia in 1920. Peet Aren (1889-1970) was an Estonian graphic artist, studied art in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Munich. Tutor at "Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas" (Higher Art School Pallas) member of the "Tartu School". His early works had the characters of the national romantic style and of the "Mir Iskusstva", later he turned to Expressionism and Art Deco. .

Tartu: Noor-Eesti Kirjastus, 1920 Large octavo, wrappers, 170pp. Oskar Luts (1887-1953) was a writer and playwright, whose works have been translated in many languages. The present work SOO (Swamp) comes from after the success of his earlier, optimistic work dating before WWI. Cover design by August Roosileht. No library holdings in North America.