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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Estonian language. Octavo 13 x 18 cm. Weight 130 gr. Wrappers, 76 [1] pp. The Book is in Near Fine condition without any visible defects, losses, remarks and stains. Soft creases across cover corners, lightly damaged bottom of the spine, foxing spots on the cover and fly-leaf, bookstore old stamp on the back side of back cover; internally perfect condition. Book is printed on thick brown paper. Second verse collection by author related to his early creation period. At this time young poet was enthusiastic about literarty innovations, and in this book he introduced to Estonian futurist poetry new rhyme forms. Inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky he included some futurist poems in his collection. In intimate and sensual love poems author uses besides beautiful erotic words also word fragments and sounds to express feelings of the heart. Book s modernist cover design created by Ado Vabbe. Johannes Semper (1892-1970) was an Estonian eminent poet, writer and translator. He cultivated all the main literary genres. Semper s poetry stands out with clear poetic style, prose with acute psyhology. In 1917 he became a member of the Siuru literary movement following futurist and impressionist traditions. Later witer became left-wing. Ado Vabbe (1892-1961), one of most innovative artists in Estonian art from the 1910s to the end of 1920s, whose name is accociated with the advent of Futurism, Cubo-Futurism and Expressionism.