Flavio Constantini (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Flavio Constantini (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition. Adapted from the Russian by Guy Daniels. Small split at base of spine. Hinges cracked and shadow on half-title page where book plate removed but no inscriptions. In the remains of the dust jacket: loss to front cover with large mended tear, loss to spine and edges of back cover, front flap detached. More photos available on request.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Flavio Constantini (illustrator). First Edition. Purple cloth hardcover, a hint of sunning to top edge; color illustrated dust jacket with light soil along top edge, original price intact ($4.25). An English prose translation of Mayakovsky's poem. The town tradesman come together to produce a hobbyhorse worthy of a cavalryman in training. Illustrated in color throughout. NYTBIB. Size: Oblong 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Landscape 280mm x 235mm 31pp including title page and frontispiece. Blue cloth with some mild staining to the front cover and a couple of tiny marks to the rear. The jacket is unclipped with the price revised in pencil, some edge wear and creasing, small chips and one larger chip to the front panel. The endpapers at the rear have some staining and paper abrasion. No inscriptions. Starting out as a Futurist Mayakovsky [1893-1930] welcomed the Revolution and became a leading poet and writer of the Soviet era whose avant-garde tendencies saw him clash with the prevailing ethos of Soviet realism. Timothy's Horse was first published as 'The Fire Horse' in 1927. The story of a young boy who wants to be a cavalryman so his father decides to buy him a hobbyhorse and the tale recounts he enlists the help of a number of craftsmen to make the horse. The illustrator Constantini [1926-2013] was influenced by collage as can be seen here where he uses cut-out heads within the body of the illustrations. This UK edition of the title is rare.

Antiwar b/w lithographed poster measuring 10.75" x 15". Single-sided. Near Fine. The artist was an Italian known for his "anarchists cycle" of paintings from 1963-1979 depicting famous anarchists such as Mikhail Bakunin, Errico Malatesta, the Bonnot Gang, and Ukrainian Nestor Makhno.