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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1901 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 246 Language: Russian.
Published by Berlin, L.D. Frenkel, 1924., 1924
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
12mo, pp. 78; a very good copy, uncut and unopened in the original illustrated wrappers, spine and edges darkened.First edition: a rare collection from the prolific if little-known poet and theatre critic, including a piece on the death of Blok.Rafalovich lived in Paris from 1909, but made annual trips to Russia. An opponent of futurism, he collaborated on numerous works with the émigré community.Tarasenkov, p. 315. Language: Russian.
Tiflis (Tbilisi): Iz-vo "Kavkazskii posrednik", 1919. Octavo (18.4 × 12.7 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with a design by Kirill Zdanevich; 15, [1] pp. Small chip to lower right corner; wrappers somewhat toned and fragile; else about very good. Rare volume containing a long poem by Sergei L'vovich Rafalovich (1875?1943), a Russian poet and translator, who lived in Paris after 1909. During the Russian Civil War he also lived in various cities in the Caucasus, including Tbilisi, Baku, and Batumi, and published the journal "Orion" in Tbilisi together with Sergei Gorodetskii. In a contemporary review, Vladimir Nabokov was critical of Rafalovich's choice of metaphors and themes, while conceding occasional moments of genuine poetic talent. The final leaf contains a list of Rafalovich's numerous publications.Wrappers designed by Kirill Zdanevich (1892?1969), painter, book, and set designer and a key figure in avant-garde circles in the Caucasus. After a brief association with Vladimir Tatlin and Liubov Popova, he gravitated towards Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova, and was a signatory of the Rayonist Manifesto in 1913. He became known for his experiments with Cubo-Futurism and his interest in primitive art. After being wounded during WWI and settling in Tbilisi, he co-founded the futurist group 41 Degrees (41 Gradus), which also included his brother Il'ia Zdanevich (Ilyazd), Aleksei Kruchenykh, the poet Kara-Darvish and the theater director Igor Terent'ev, and which was active in 1918-1920. Today Zdanevich ranks among the most significant futurist book artists of the time, such as the collection of "ferro-concrete" poems titled 1918. He visited Paris in 1920, but was mostly confined to the Soviet Union, even serving a ten-year GULAG sentence after WWII. The present cover illustration, while partly figurative, is reminiscent of his works for '1918' and demonstrates an interest in the transition from flat surfaces to three-dimensional objects. Signed "K.Z. 1919" to lower left corner.Not in Getty.As of November 2022, KVK, OCLC show only one physical copy in North America.