78/1752 [Children's books]. Barto, A. Pervoe Maya (The first of May). Moscow, Gos. Izd., 1928, 2nd ed., 16p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by A. DEYNEKA, 4to.

- Later endpapers(?); fingersoiled and sl. creased. Covers sl. soiled and stained.

= Lévèque/ Plantureux p.34: "(...) un livre devenu classique et ayant connu des rééditions dès la première année"; Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.287f: "The illustrations for this book show the stylistic elements of the caricatures that Deineka had made for the magazines: exaggeration of the subject matter, the use of bright colours, the schematic handling of objects and persons, and their positioning within the picture". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.