80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A

80 2155 Bilibin I Afanasev A

- Loose(ning). Lacks wr.

= Picture book adaptation of the book publication for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, based on Pushkin's fairy tale. Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.55ff.

80/2156 Bilibin I Boris Godounov

- Vertical crease. Otherwise a fine copy.

80/2157 La Chauve Souris Lot of 6 souvenir program booklets for revues of the Moscow Chauve Souris by Nikita Balieff

- Partly worn along extremities.

= La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) was the name of a touring revue during the early 1900s. Originating in Moscow and then Paris, and directed by Nikita Balieff, the revue toured the United States and Europe. The show consisted of songs, dances, and sketches, most of which had been originally performed in Russia.

80 2158 Chekhonin S Efros N E

- Frontwr. w. a few (partly erased) stamps; binding sl. worn along extremities; portion of backstrip loosening.

= Rowell/ Wye 174.

80 2160 Children's books Chukovsky K

- Flattened vertical fold; sl. stained and fingersoiled, chipped and frayed.

= Doctor Aibolit travels to the African river Limpopo in order to cure its sick animal inhabitants. Lévèque/ Plantureux p.113: "Édition originale de l'un des plus populaires livres russes pour enfants, souvent adapté au cinéma, ou transformé en dessins animés. Pourtant, ces magnifiques poésies suscitérent la colère des pédagogues officiels et causèrent bien des soucis à Kornéï Tchoukovski".

80 2161 Children's books Emden E

80 2161 Children's books Emden E

- Spine splitting.

= Nicely illustrated, curious story of a German policeman seeing the doctor because the town of Halle has fallen ill with communist demonstrations. The doctor's pills and tinctures are useless: soon the red infection spreads across Germany and eventually the world. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

80 2163 Children's books Kipling R

80 2163 Children's books Kipling R

- Good/ fine copy.

= Eduard Krimmer (1900-1974) was a pupil of Malevich. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.

80 2164 Children's books Marshak S

80 2164 Children's books Marshak S

80 2164 Children's books Marshak S

- Pastedowns trifle foxed. Boards trifle rubbed along extremities. Nevertheless a fine copy.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVI.

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

- 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 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 2174 Karazin N

- Fine copy. = The rare first edition.