75/ 462 [Russian avant-garde]. Ganin, A. (Complete works). Konshino/ Vologda, "Glina" (= the author), 1920-1921, 10 vols., each (12)-(16)p., entirely lithographed, orig. unif. wr.

- Frontwr. first vol. w. 2 mounted lithogr. pieces: "Vologda 1921" and "Proletarii vsekh stran soyedinyaites'" (Proletarians of all countries unite); all wrappers w. restored spots, mostly along spine.

= 1. Svyaschennyj klich (Sacred cry); 2. Sarai (Sarai); 3. Meshok almazov (Bag of diamonds); 4. Krasnyj chas (The red hour (dedicated to Sergei Yesenin)); 5. Vecher (Evening); 6. Pevuchij bereg (The singing shore); 7. Kiburaba (Kiburaba); 8. Zolotoe bezlyudye (The golden desolation); 9. V ogne i slave (In fire and glory); 10. Raskovannyj mir (Unleashed world). Very rare complete set of 10 self-published volumes of poetry. Aleksei Ganin was a close friend of Sergei Yesenin. In 1924 he was among a group of 14 people, mostly artists and poets, arrested on the charge of forming the "Order of Russian fascists". He was exected in 1925 and rehabilitated 40 years later. The first posthumous publication of his works dates from 1991. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.