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For the Voice, first published in 1923, has long been recognized as one of the finest achievements of Russian avant-garde bookmaking, a tradition in which poets and artists collaborated to create books that attained the status of art objects. By any reckoning, For the Voice is a landmark event in the history of modern graphic design. The book was inspired by the "new optics," where ideas are given form through printed letters, turning them into pictorial signs, and by "words that are seen and not heard," as Lissitzky wrote.
This three-volume slipcased set consists of a facsimile volume that is faithful to the original in size, color, weight, and paper quality; a translation by Peter France of the original text; and Voices of Revolution, a collection of critical essays that analyze the character and significance of the original publication and describe the inner workings of the poet's "construction in sound" complemented by the designer's "constructions for the eye."
This three-volume slipcased set consists of a facsimile volume that is faithful to the original in size, color, weight, and paper quality; a translation by Peter France of the original text; and Voices of Revolution, a collection of critical essays that analyze the character and significance of the original publication and describe the inner workings of the poet's "construction in sound" complemented by the designer's "constructions for the eye."
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Text: English, Russian (translation)
Original Language: Russian
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Original Language: Russian
"the poems showcase Mayakovsky in full-throated agitprop mode-making a case for poetry as declamation, performance, elevated public address."
— Michael Almereyda, BOOKFORUM
— Michael Almereyda, BOOKFORUM
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- PublisherMit Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0262133776
- ISBN 13 9780262133777
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes in slipcase. The volume in English shows some signs of rubbing along the left edge of the front cover. The set is otherwise fine, in the publisher's slipcase, which is shelf rubbed and has a sticker ghost in the lower left corner on the rear. Seller Inventory # 224170
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. 5.5" x 7.75" x 1.5" with 400 pages in 3 volumes. From the publisher: " For the Voice, first published in 1923, has long been recognized as one of the finest achievements of Russian avant-garde bookmaking, a tradition in which poets and artists collaborated to create books that attained the status of art objects. By any reckoning, For the Voice is a landmark event in the history of modern graphic design. The book was inspired by the "new optics," where ideas are given form through printed letters, turning them into pictorial signs, and by "words that are seen and not heard," as Lissitzky wrote." This three-volume slipcased set consists of a facsimile volume that is faithful to the original in size, color, weight, and paper quality; a translation by Peter France of the original text; and Voices of Revolution, a collection of critical essays that analyze the character and significance of the original publication and describe the inner workings of the poet's "construction in sound" complemented by the designer's "constructions for the eye." Not an ex-library book. Slipcase has some fading and minor wear. Books have some minor wear to the covers as well. Please refer to photos. Thank you for looking. Seller Inventory # AT23-001
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by El Lissitzky (illustrator). Complete in three volumes: facsimile of the 1923 Russion edition, translation by Peter France and Martha Scotford, and VOICES OF THE REVOLUTION: COLLECTED ESSAYS edited by Patricia Railing. First edition thus (paperback). The three volumes are fine in illustrated wraps. Housed in a near fine (sun faded along the spine, mild rubbing along the edges) slipcase. Seller Inventory # 90520
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Book Description Boxed Set. Condition: Near Fine. Three softcovers in Near Fine slipcase with some fading. 5 1/4"w x 7 1/2"h. "First published in Berlin in Spring 1923, FOR THE VOICE is a collectionof 13 poems for reading out loud. In his dynamic graphics for each of the poems, El Lissitzky captured the ideas visually to inspire the reader. Together, the poet and book cosntructor made, in Lissitzky's words, 'the book as a work of art.'" This set does have the scent of nag champa incense. Seller Inventory # 145298
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