Diary of Alexander Blok / ed. P.N. Medvedev. [In 2 vols. T. 1-2]. L.: Publishing house of writers in Leningrad, 1928. T. 1: 1911-1913. 227 p. T. 2: 1917-1921. 275 pp. 19.5×14 cm. Two publishing covers by M.A. Kirnarsky. The blocks are in good condition. The first edition of the poet's diaries. Due to the fact that many of the people mentioned were alive, their names are marked with asterisks in the publication. October 25, 1911: “Yesterday my scurvy pain was painful... Of course, at the end of such a day there is a painful whirlwind of thoughts, doubts about everything and about myself, about my abilities, floating images from an unembodied poem. If only I could pray for form... There is no despair yet.” Entry dated March 25, 1913 about brothers in writing: “These days are futurist disputes, with scandals. I still haven't gotten around to it. Burliuks, which I have not yet seen, scare me away. I'm afraid that there is more rudeness here than anything else (in D. Burliuk). Futurists as a whole are probably a larger phenomenon than Acmeism. The latter are weaklings, Gumilyov’s “taste” is heavy, his baggage is heavy (from Shakespeare to Théophile Gautier), and Gorodetsky is treated like a skirmisher with a name, I think that Gumilyov is embarrassed and often shocked by him.”