Krasin in the Ice. In Armenian. Signed and inscribed author's copy.

[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. We couldn't trace any c