80 2166 Children's books Mayakovsky V 
80 2166 Children's books Mayakovsky V 
- Owner's entry on frontwr.; spine splitting at foot.
= Lévèque/ Plantureux p.86. Published on occasion of the Mezhdunarodnyj Yunoshesky Den' (International Youth Day).
80/2167 Children's books Russische prentenboeken Eerste serie Dutch adapt L Dworson a o 
- Trifle foxed. Covers trifle soiled.
= Comprises: Engel, De gouden blaren ((12)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by Wyschnewetski and Fradkin); O. Goerjan, Het vrolijke onweer (18,(2)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. by wr. Pokrowski); N.N. Koeprejanow, Dieren in den winter ((12)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by Afanasjew).
Russische prentenboeken. Tweede serie. Dutch adapt. L. Dworson and E. Hess-Binger. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1930), 3 parts in 1 vol., orig. clothbacked pict. boards by KONASCHEWITCH, orig. wr. pres., sm. 4to.
- Covers trifle soiled, otherwise a fine copy.
= Comprises: Volksrijmpjes ((8p.), col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by Konaschewitz); C. Marschak, De reis door Rusland ((8)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by W. Lebedew); Idem, Ben ik 't nou, of ben ik 't niet? ((11)p., col. ills. and orig. wr. by Konaschewitz).
80 2168 Children's books Teffi N A = N Buchinskaya 
- Ruststains from staples. Otherwise a remarkably fine copy.
= Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.410 (and passim); Lévèque/ Plantureux p.208. The fourth from the series of Albums du Père Castor, illustrated by Russian émigré artist Nathalie Parain. "The first of its kind in Père Castor series was a folk tale about the Baba Yaga, the famous Russian witch that features in many folk tales. The illustrations for this story have a quality similar to the silhouette-like examples of the handicraft books. The originals were executed in gouache and crayon. Emphasis is placed upon repetition, rhythm, and composition." (Lemmens/ Stommels). The first edition of the well-known fairy tale in the literary adaptation by Nadezhda Teffi. An English language edition was published in New York in 1935. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
80 2169 Denikin A I 
- First part of the 1st vol. (of 5) only; sl. yellowed; hinges weak. Rebacked w. cloth.
= One of the major contemporary works on the Russian Revolution and civil war by one of the leaders of the White Movement. The first two volumes were published in Paris (1921-1922), volumes 3-5 were published in Berlin (1924-1926). In Russia the work was published for the first time in 1989 and has seen countless reprints ever since. Very rare.
80 2170 Dollar Jim = M Shaginyan 
- Five vols. w. restorations along spine and edges of wrappers; other vols. wrappers frayed and loose(ning); sl. brittle and partly sl. waterst.
= The second of three series of agitational stories by Marietta Shaginyan and the continuation of the Mess Mend series (notable for its wrapper design by A. Rodchenko).
AND 1 other: IDEM, Kak ya pisala Mess Mend (How I wrote Mess Mend) (Moscow, 1926, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).
80 2171 Ehrenburg I 
80 2171 Ehrenburg I 
- Bookplate on verso frontwr. Wrappers sl. yellowed.
= Soviet Jewish artist Ilya Mazel was a classmate of Marc Chagall at Yehuda Penn's art school in Vitebsk. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.
80 2172 Gontcharova N 
80 2172 Gontcharova N 
= From a series of postcards published by Aleksei Kruchonykh, designed by i.a. Michael Larionov and Natalia Gontcharova. Compton, Russian Futurist Books 1912-16 p.70: "Kruchonykh's postcards were printed in black and white and showed artists' drawings in various styles. They may have been in emulation of those made by World of Art artists or, possibly, of slightly later European examples. Avant-garde artists' postcards had been published by the Wiener Werkstätte and a set by Oskar Kokoschka, made in about 1908, in colour lithography, is likely to have been known in Russia". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII
80 2173 Gumilyov N 
- Upper (blank) margin of title-p. cut short.
Blok, A. Dvenadcat'. Skify (The Twelve. Scythians). Introd. R.V. Ivanov-Razumnik. Ibid., n.publ., 1918, 1st ed. thus, 48p., orig. wr.
- Sl. mediocre copy: contents loose(ning); yellowed; lvs. frayed and very brittle.
AND 1 other: F. DOSTOEVSKY, Velikij Inkvisitor (...) (Leipsic, Insel, n.d., orig. boards. Pandora No.25).
80 2174 Karazin N 
- Fine copy. = The rare first edition.
80/2175 Klutsis G Zhiv Kruchenykh! Kruchenykh is alive! 
80/2175 Klutsis G Zhiv Kruchenykh! Kruchenykh is alive! 
- Lower corner frontwr. stained; some faded (library) stamps on backwr.
= With text contributions by B. Pasternak, S. Tretyakov, D. Burlyuk, T. Tolstaya and S. Rafalovitch. Rowell/ Wye 595 and ill. on p.204; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.78. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII
80 2176 Kruchonykh A 
- Backstrip worn; frontwr. loose(ning).
= The third issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Rowell/ Wye 490; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.52/ 54.
80 2177 Kruchonykh A 
80 2177 Kruchonykh A 
- Sm. stamps and annots. on backwr. Otherwise fine. = Titled "Drama Yesenina" on frontwr.
Idem. Liki Yesenina. Ot kheruvima do khuligana (The faces of Yesenin. From cherub to hooligan). Ibid., idem, 1925, 24p., portraits and orig. wr. by V. KULAGINA.
- Yellowed; loose(ning); brittle. Wr. loose and chipped.
= Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34 p.58. Both from a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide. "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchonykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton).
80 2178 Kruchonykh A 
- Sm. stamps and annots. on backwr. Otherwise fine.
= Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34, p.58. From a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide. "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchenykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
80 2179 Kruchonykh A 
- Title-p. and frontwr. creased (frontwr. worse and w. sm. tear); spine splitting; sm. stamps and annots. on backwr.
= Rowell/ Wye no.644; Compton, Russian avant-garde books 1917-34 p.58. From a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchonykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton).
80 2180 Kusikov A 
80 2180 Kusikov A 
80 2180 Kusikov A 
- Inevitable sl. offsetting from ills. on opposite pages; two lvs. w. neatly closed (small) tear. Wr. sl. creased and fingersoiled.
= Rowell/ Wye 329. Very rare publication by the group of Imaginist poets, which included i.a. Sergei Yesenin, Anatoli Mariengof and Aleksandr Kusikov himself. The proceedings were intended as relief for the victims of the Podvolzhye famine. With remarkable illustrations in a somewhat cubist style. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
80 2181 Kuzmin M 
- Wrappers trifle stained. = Rowell/ Wye 808.
80 2182 Kuzmin M 
- Top of spine waterst.; frontwr. trifle foxed; sm. stamps and annots. on backwr.
80 2183 Lebedeff J Anet C 
80 2183 Lebedeff J Anet C 
- Occas. sl. foxed.
= One of 25 copies on Raphia de Madagascar. The publisher's copy, with SIGNED DEDICATION on 2nd blank: "Cet exemplaire qui m'était personnel est devenu l'exemplaire de mon ami Roman[?] Arents (...)" with on opposite leaf 2 woodcut ex libris: of Georges Crès and R. Arents (by J. LEBEDEFF, signed in pencil) and bound w. 2 extra woodcuts (1x on Japanese) by J. LEBEDEFF, both signed and w. dedication to the publisher in pencil. Monod 277; not in Carteret.
80 2184 Lebedeff J Pouchkine A 
= Not in Monod.
80/2185 Lissitzky El Erste Russchische Kunstaustellung 
- Wr. agetoned and sl. dustsoiled; upper joint splitting at top and foot of spine.
= Lissitzky-Küppers no.65; cat. Sprengel Museum Hannover no.72; Andel p.159. The catalogue of the landmark exhibition of Russian art in Berlin and Amsterdam, an event which - along with the Der Sturm exhibition of that year - decisively introduced modern Russian art into the mainstream of Western culture. The catalogue lists all works shown at the exhibition and contains reproductions of a number of these works, i.a. by Malevich, Rodchenko and Tatlin. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.