- One collage lacks a small part of the first "O" in Ogonyok.
= Two variant designs (not used?) for an October 1926 issue of the periodical Ogonyok (published between 1923 and 2021). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
- A few sm. library stamps. Vague fold in frontwr. Otherwise fine.
- One issue foot of spine sl. dam. Otherwise fine.
= Very rare Polish language wall calendar. With the dates of the official holidays in Soviet Russia listed below.
= Titled in Polish. The young man seated on a fiery red horse (symbolizing the Revolution) holding an open book reading "Proletarians of All Countries, Unite" in Russian. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- Sharp horizontal fold.
= Caricatural poster showing Józef Piłsudski as king of Poland, with white army chief Boris Savinkov kneeling at his feet. The word Krul' phonetically spelt as the Polish word for king (król). A satirical poem by Demian Bednyj (= E.A. Pridvorov) below. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
- Bookblock sl. trimmed; stamp on first leaf and frontwr.
= Official organ of the Union of Workers in Fine Arts (the name being an acronym of "Rabotniki Iskusstv" (Workers in Fine Arts)).
- Wrappers partly frayed and split(ting) along spine; year 1925, no.3 lacks half of backwr.
Radio slushatel' (The Radio Listener). Year 1928, no.3, 7, 8 and 15; year 1929, no.7 and 18/19. Ibid., N.K.P.T., 1928-1929, 6 issues, ills., orig. unif. wr., 4to.
= Partly w. interesting typography/ design.
- Dam. spot in backwr. professionally restored.
= Khan-Magomedov p.141; Rowell/ Wye 714 and p.215; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.90 and ill. p.80. For the frontcover, Rodchenko used the same photograph as he had used for Mayakovsky's Syphilis (1926). "The superlative quality of the printing shows up the poor quality of the earlier Syphilis which had been printed in Tiflis. No doubt this is because the publisher of Erenburg's theoretical discussion about film was Film-press (Kino-pechat') which evidently had access to superior equipment." (Compton). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- Backwr. trifle creased/ fingersoield and w. sm. stamp. Otherwise fine.
= Rowell/ Wye 662 and p. 214; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.90f: "Rodchenko also began to play more serious 'games' with photography. For the cover of Mayakovsky's poem, dramatically named Syphilis, he printed a woman's head in negative and continued the metaphor in the photographic illustrations. For instance, opposite page ten, a small man - printed positively - raises his hat to the woman's head - seen in close-up and printed in negative - which dominates the page." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- Sl. creased and vaguely waterst. in lower corner. Spine restored.
= Khan-Magomedov p.135ff; Rowell/ Wye 715; Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34 p.60. The continuation of LEF. Zhurnal levogo fronta iskusstv.
- Stamps and annots. on verso frontwr. and first leaf; lower margin final lvs. (incl. backwr.) sl. frayed.
= Khan-Magomedov p.135ff; Rowell/ Wye 715; Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34 p.60. The continuation of LEF. Zhurnal levogo fronta iskusstv. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- Occas. vaguely waterst. in upper inner margin; bookplate on upper pastedown. Otherwise fine.
= Rowell/ Wye 847.
- No.32 wr. foxed/ stained; no.41 bookblock w. sm. tear and wr. sl. dam.
= No.34 devoted to Japanese Kabuki theatre.
- Bookblock loose in quires.
- Wrappers sl. (ink)stained; spine-ends worn; sm. owner's entry on frontwr.
= Nice series of studies in human shape and motion (i.a. dancers and musicians) in a somewhat cubist style. Little could be traced on the author.
- Frontwr. sl. waterst. in lower corner and w. some sm. restorations.
- All vols. wr. restored/ reattached, fingersoiled and worn; vol. 2 lacks backwr.
= Rowell/ Wye 97; Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.53: "[Yevreinov] wrote a series of essays and books in which he promoted his ideas that life and theatre should be as closely linked as possible (...). He wrote two important works about this concept: The theatre as such and this work in three volumes. Part one and three are illustrated by Kulbin, but part two had illustrations by Annenkov (...). If David Burlyuk is regarded as the 'Father of Russian futurism', Kulbin might be seen as the 'Father of Russian avant-garde'. He was an indefatigable propagator of modern art in all its aspects." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
- Three issues w. some filing holes along spine; backstrips worn/ splitting.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
- Two index lvs. lack lower corner; sm. tear along lower inner margin title. Frontcover and backstrip chafed.