Published by 1925, 1925
Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Sweden
4to. Pp. (12) and twelve b/w plates. As issued in original folder, worn and with some stain. Internally fine. A later edition, originally published in 1925 with chromolithographs. This copy no. 318 of a limited edition. A rare children's book illustrating hunting from different parts of the world including seals, bears, tigers, crocodiles, hippos, kangaroo, etc. Vladimir Lebedev was one of the most creative artists of the Soviet avant-garde and became famous for his geometrically-shaped images of the poems of the renowned poet Samuil Marshak.
Published by Raduga, Leningrad, 1927
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Lebedev, Vladimir Vasil'evich (illustrator). Small quarto. (12)pp. Bright color illustrations throughout. A rhyming Russian story for children, in which a worn-out old carpenter's plane makes a new plane, his "grandson," to carry on his work. The plane is aided in his work by fellow woodworking tools like the chisel, mallet, and saw. A collaborative work by writer, translator, and poet Samuil Marshak, and painter and graphic artist Vladimir Lebedev. The pair worked together frequently, and were important in the development of children's literature in Russia. In the 1920's, Lebedev became known as "King of the Children's Book," and Maxim Gorky said of Marshak that he was "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature." Marshak published under Raduga (Rainbow) from 1922 to 1930, while he worked in Leningrad as the head of the Children's Literature Studio. Stapled into self-wrappers, showing some wear at the spine and light staining. Near fine.