Ilya Selvinsky (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In Russian. Selvinsky, Ilya Lvovich. Collection of Works. Moscow: Art Lit., 1971-. All images are for identification of editions only. Several books of the same edition may be available. Please feel free to request photos of available books.SKU6800479.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition, one of only 3000 copies. Original beige cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Spine tips and corners lightly soiled and bumped. Dust jacket a bit scuffed; small chips and tears along the edges. Poem in sequence.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Original grey wraps, printed paper label tipped onto front cover; pp. 28. From a limited edition of 700 copies, among the smallest print runs of any book in the Flegon collection. OCLC locates 5 copies. Alex Flegon founded the Flegnon Press in London, becoming the first independent Russian-language publisher in the West -- his rivals, including YMCA Press, were largely subsidized by various political organizations, notably the CIA. Vendor's mark on last leaf; some light rubbing along edges of covers; otherwise a lovely copy. Alec Flegon (1924-2003), an emigre from Romania, became a controversial London-based publisher of samizdat literature and Soviet trade directories during the Cold War. He was the first to publish Bulgakov's "Heart of a Dog" and Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," and he later published four Russian-language versions of Pasternak's "Dr. Zhivago," including one under a Moscow imprint, lest Russian buyers be accused of importing anti-Soviet literature. His remarkable success at repeatedly getting manuscripts out of the Soviet Union led to the widespread view that he must have had contacts in the KGB, and he used this reputation to his advantage, garnering free publicity for his publications. He was accused of copyright infringement and/or piracy on more than one occasion (the most famous example being his feuds with Solzhenitsyn, and Svetlana Stalin). Nonetheless, his perseverance made him an important figure in the publishing history of Russian literature in the West -- he was the first independent Russian-language publisher in the West and remained so for decades. (His rivals were largely subsidized by various political organizations, notably the CIA.).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Russian language. Octavo 14 x 20 cm. Weight 190 gr. Wrappers, 159 [1] pp. Print run 3000 copies. The book is in Near Fine condition without any visible defects, losses, remarks and stains. Cover corners are lightly bumped, cover bottom edge and spine ends show some fraying; internally library stamp on the title and on one page in the middle, otherwise fine condition. Ilya Selvinsky (1899-1968) was a Russian avant-garde poet, the leader of the Literary Center of Constructivists (LTsK). He is credited with innovations in Russian and Jewish versification. As many Soviet poets, he first became enthusiastic about Communism ideology, and published some leftist experimental poetry collections, but as some Soviet poets, he later became disillusioned with it. In the late 1930s Selvinsky was a major mentor to the younger generation of Soviet Russian poets. During World War II he became the first poet who depicted Holocaust in the occupied Soviet territories. But for the "wrong" depiction of theme poet was subjected to repressions. Through a combination of personal bravery and political navigation, Selvinsky weathered the storms of Stalinism and remained a proud Jew during the most antisemitic of the Soviet years. A poetic virtuoso of high caliber, Selvinsky holds a prominent place in the history of modern Russian poetry and in the history of Jewish literature and Shoah literature. During his life, he published over 30 literary works. In the late 1920s Selvinsky was trying his hand at playwriting. The first tragical verse play "The Second Army Commander" is set in the Civil War and revolves around the conflict between Chub, a partisan leader of peasant origin thrown up by the masses, and Okonny, an army clerk and one time book-keeper who sees in the Revolution the means to self-realisation and glory. Original paper covered boards with attractive constructivist cover design in red and black by artist A. Surikov.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition of 3000 copies. Original paper covered boards, with typographic design printed in red and black; attached glassine dust jacket; pp. [160]. A bit rubbed; vendor stamp on front board.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo 17.5x12.5 cm., card wrappers, 92 (2) pp, with foldout; 3000 copies. Cover with double-portrait photomontage by Hans Arp in a design by El Lissitzky. The double-exposure photo relates to the tale of Evgenii Nei, whose name Lissitzky inscribed on Selvinskii's collar. The attached foldout is a spoof on contemporary poets Blok, Mayakovsky, Pasternak, Aseev, and Kruchenykh inter alia. The gatefold is present and intact. This copy with small tear on foldout crease, else crisp and fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Bin 4 (Long Case). In Russian. Stiff wrappers printed in red and sepia featuring a photomontage composition by El Lissitsky. Light dust soiling and extremity wear to wrappers. Inscription on front free endpaper; additional poem inserted by former owner between pages 24 and 25. Limited to 3000cc. El Lissitsky's photomontage portrait of Hans Arp, with Arp's head in two positions against the background of a Dada magazine. The collar of Arp's shirt bears the name "Evgenij Nej," the fictional character who is the protagonist of Sel'vinsky's poem.

Originalausgabe. Kl.8° (17,2 x 12,5 cm); OPpbd. mit montierter farbigen Deckelillustration (Photomontage von El Lissitzki); 91 (3) Seiten, ohne die dazugehörende Falttafel. - Sehr sauberes Exemplar mit neuerem Hartcover-Einband.

Moscow/Petrograd, Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, Gosizdat, 1928 1928. 17 x 12 cm. 91(3) Seiten, 2 Bl. OUmschlag illustriert mit einer 'Photomalerei' (gestaltet von El Lissitskii, der eine Photomontage mit einem Doppelporträt von Hans Arp verwendet und sie vor die März-Nummer 1920 des Dada-Periodikums '391' setzt) in Rot und Braun sowie Schwarz auf einem gebrochen-weißen Kragen. Erste Ausgabe. - Text von dem führenden konstruktivistischen Autor Selvinskii, der in einer fiktiven Autobiographie die Zweifel, Wünsche und Hoffnungen des Dichters Evgeny Nei (sein 'Porträt' auf dem Umschlag stellt Hans Arp dar) in der neuen sozialistischen Epoche schildert. - Der berühmte Umschlag verbindet Dada und russischen Konstruktivismus. "Für die Umschlagvorderseite bediente sich Lisicky nicht der Technik der Collage, sondern zog die Benutzung zweier unterschiedlich beleuchteter (sic!) Photonegative - ein helles, ein dunkles - vor. Er bearbeitete diese Vorlagen, indem er die zwei linken Ohren unorganisch versetzte." Barron/Tuchmann 165;Land, Konstruktivismus, 58. - Abgesehen vom leicht fleckigen Umschlag, dessen Ecken etwas berieben und bestoßen sind, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Very good plus copy of this fragile item. Scarce. Sprache: Russisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.