U samogo moria [By the very sea]

Petersburg: Alkonost, 1921. First Edition, one of 3000 copies. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wraps; pp. 36, with ads. Covers lightly soiled; spine scuffed. An extended poem in four sections -- this copy unique for the manuscript poem that occurs at the first section break. Purple ink, 10 lines, dated 14/ii/23-1/ii/23 [sic], a gesture in verse by a young lover to his girl, a ring extended. Akhmatov's hand was famous among poet friends for slanting upward -- sadly, not the case here, and the young lover remains unknown. Still, sweet. Kilgour 6.