Lot #68: Rare 1957 Anna Brigadere "Triloģija" Hardcover – Latvian State Publishing House (Rīga)

1957 vintage hardcover edition of the complete Triloģija (Trilogy) by the legendary Latvian author Anna Brigadere. Published in Rīga by Latvijas Valsts Izdevniecība (Latvian State Publishing House), this volume brings together her three iconic, semi-autobiographical masterpieces under one cover: Dievs, daba, darbs (God, Nature, Work), Skarbos vējos (In Harsh Winds), and Akmeņu sprostā (In a Stone Cage). Colophon Details: Stated publication year of 1957. Printed in Rīga at the "Cīņa" printing house, with a specified original Soviet-era print run of 30,000 copies and a retail price of 15 rubles. • The Author: Anna Brigadere (1861–1933) is a foundational pillar of Latvian classical literature. Best known nationally for her fairy-tale plays like Sprīdītis, this autobiographical trilogy is universally regarded by scholars as her prose masterpiece. It provides an evocative, deeply personal record of late 19th and early 20th-century Latvian rural life through the eyes of her young protagonist, Annele. • The Language Factor: Because the book is written entirely in Latvian, its primary market rests within Baltic history collectors and the global Latvian diaspora. Finding clean copies of Latvian literature printed during the mid-Soviet occupation era in such solid structural condition is highly desirable for regional collections. • The Publisher & Era: Published in 1957 by the Latvijas Valsts Izdevniecība, this book represents a fascinating moment in Baltic printing history. Coming just a few years after the death of Stalin during the "Khrushchev Thaw," it reflects a period where classic Latvian national literature was allowed to be reprinted with high-quality artistic design elements, escaping some of the harsher socialist-realist censorship constraints of the early 1950s. Pickup category timeslot {A}