NEW JOURNAL. A literary and political journal. Founded in 19 - Lot 276

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NEW JOURNAL. A literary and political journal. Founded in 19 - Lot 276
NEW JOURNAL. A literary and political journal. Founded in 1942 in New York by Mark Aldanov and Mikhail Tsetlin as a continuation of the *Annales contemporaines*, previously published in Paris. The journal was published quarterly. From 1946 to 1959, its editor-in-chief was M. M. Karpovich; from 1959 to 1966—R. B. Gul, Y. V. Denike, and N. S. Timashev; since 1966—R. B. Gul. A selection of issues of the journal, unique in its comprehensiveness and scope, covering the period from 1942 to 2000. 202 issues, 133 of which are duplicates from the same period. Varying conditions (some issues are in poor condition). Starting in the 1960s, the journal became one of the main channels for disseminating “tamizdat” literature. This is how chapters of Boris Pasternak’s *Doctor Zhivago* (1958, No. 54), as well as Varlam Shalamov’s *Kolyma Tales* (beginning with No. 85 in 1966 and continuing for the next ten years). The journal supported Alexander Solzhenitsyn both before and after his exile, and published works by Joseph Brodsky, Nikolai Korzhavin, Sasha Sokolov, as well as poets such as Ivan Elagine, Olga Anstey, Dmitri Klenovsky, Igor Chinnov, and Yuri Ivaska. Over the decades covered in this selection, the journal published a wide range of prominent 20th-century Russian writers. НОВЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ. A literary and political journal. Founded in 1942 by Mark Aldanov and Mikhail Tsetlin in New York as a continuation of the Paris-based *Sovremennye Zapiski*. The magazine was published quarterly. From 1946 to 1959, M. M. Karpovich served as editor; from 1959 to 1966, R. B. Gul, Yu. V. Denike and N. S. Timashev; and from 1966 onward, R. B. Gul. This collection includes issues from the 1940s through the 2000s. 1942: Nos. I, II, III; 1943: No. VI, V, VI; 1944: No. VII, VIII, IX (2 copies); 1945: No. X (3 copies), XI (3 copies); 1946: No. XII (3 copies), XIII (3 copies), XIV (3 copies); 1947: No. XV (3 copies), XVI (2 copies), XVII; 1948: No. XVIII (2 copies), XIX (4 copies), XX (4 copies); 1949: No. XXI (4 copies), XXII (3 copies); 1950: No. XXIII (5 copies); XXIV (3 copies); 1951: No. XXV (3 copies), XXVI (3 copies), XXVII (3 copies); 1952: No. 28 (2 copies), 29 (2 copies), 30 (2 copies), 31 (2 copies); 1953: No. 32, 33 (2 copies), 34 (2 copies), 35 (2 copies); 1954: No. 36 (2 copies), 37 (2 copies), 38 (2 copies), 39; 1955: No. 40 (2 copies), 41, 42 (2 copies), 43 (2 copies); 1956: No. 44 (2 copies), 45 (2 copies), 46 (2 copies), 47 (2 copies); 1957: No. 48 (2 copies), 49 (2 copies), 50 (2 copies), 51 (3 copies); 1958: No. 52 (3 copies), 53 (4 copies), 54 (3 copies), 55 (3 copies); 1959: No. 56 (3 copies), 57 (3 copies), 58 (3 copies); 1960: No. 59 (3 copies), 60 (5 copies), 61 (3 copies), 62 (3 copies); 1961: Nos. 63, 64 (3 copies), 65 (3 copies), 66 (3 copies); 1962: Nos. 67 (3 copies), 68 (2 copies), 69 (2 copies), 70 (2 copies); 1963: No. 71 (2 copies), 72, 73, 74 (2 copies); 1964: Nos. 75, 76 (2 copies), 77 (2 copies); 1965: Nos. 78 (2 copies), 79 (2 copies), 80, 81; 1966: Nos. 82, 83, 84, 85; 1967: Nos. 86, 87, 88, 89; 1968: Nos. 90, 91, 92, 93; 1969: No. 94, 95, 96, 97 (2 copies); 1970: No. 98 (2 copies), 99 (2 copies), 100 (2 copies), 101; 1971: No. 102, 103, 104 (2 copies), 105 (2 copies); 1972: Nos. 106, 107, 108 (2 copies), 109; 1973: Nos. 110, 111, 112, 113 (3 copies); 1974: No. 114 (2 copies), 115 (2 copies), 116 (2 copies), 117 (2 copies); 1975: No. 118 (2 copies), 119, 120, 121; 1976: No. 122, 123, 124, 125 (2 copies); 1977: No. 126, 127, 128 (2 copies), 129; 1978: No. 130, 131, 132, 133; 1979: No. 134 (2 copies), 135, 136, 137; 1980: No. 138, 139, 140, 141; 1981: No. 142, 143 (2 copies), 144, 145; 1982: No. 146 (2 copies), 147, 148, 149; 1983: No. 150 (2 copies), 151, 152, 153; 1984: No. 154, 155, 156, 157; 1985: Nos. 158, 159, 160, 161; 1986: Nos. 162, 163, 164, 165; 1987: Nos. 166, 167, 168–169; 1988: Nos. 172–173; 1990: Nos. 179, 180, 181; 1991: No. 182, 183, 184–185; 1992: No. 186 (2 copies), 187, 188 (2 copies), 189 (2 copies); 1993: Nos. 190–191, 192–193 (2 copies); 1994: Nos. 194 (2 copies), 195, 196 (2 copies); 1996: No. 202; 1997: No. 207, 208, 209 (2 copies); 1998: No. 210, 211, 213; 1999: No. 214, 215, 216, 217 (2 copies); 2000: No. 218 (2 copies), 219 (2 copies), 220, 221; 2001: No. 222 (2 copies), 223. The issues presented are in varying conditions (tears, stains, detached covers). On the pages of the journal
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