Published by OGIZ, Leningrad, 1934
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: g+ to vg. Sixth edition. Octavo. Unpaginated, 20pp. Original illustrated stapled wraps with red lettering on cover. Illustrated title page. The Marshak-Lebedev collaborations produced close to 50 publications, many of them popular and republished in many editions. This unusual children's story by Marshak features the tumultuous relationship between an old woman and her poodle. Illustrated with extraordinary drawings, reproduced in chromolithographs, by Lebedev, known for combining cubist techniques with the elements of folk 'lubok' in highly original representations. Text in Russian. Light wear along edges of wraps with small chips and age-toned. Block separated from covers but complete, and lightly age-toned. Wraps in overall good+, interior in very good condition. Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887- 1964) was a Russian and Soviet writer of Jewish decent, translator and children's poet. He is considered "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature." (Maxim Gorki). Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev (1891 - 1967) was a Soviet painter and graphic artist considered the "King of the Children's Book" in the 1920s. Next to Poodle he worked with Marshal on the titles Circus, Ice Cream, Tale About a Foolish Mouse, Moustached and Striped, Book of Many Colours, Twelve Months and Luggage.
Leningrad, Ogiz, 1931, 192x147mm, 12p., agrafé.Huit illustrations en couleurs en chromolithographie de Lebedev, narrant les aventures d'une vielle femme et de son caniche.Mention de 5ème édition, texte en russe. Tirage annoncé de 50000 exemplaires.Bel exemplaire.Maboroshi no Roshia ehon ( Rares Livres d'images russes) 1920-1930, Ashia City Museum 2004, n°5, p.15, reproduit.(104059) Livres.
Leningrad Ogiz, 1935, 282x222mm, 16p., agrafé sous couverture illustrée.Mention de 3ème édition.Six lithographies en couleurs pleine page de Lebedev, incluant les couvertures et 14 vignettes dans le texte. Les aventures d'une petite fille et son chat.Tirage annoncé de 50000 exemplaires.Fac-similé d'une dédicace de Marshak en deuxième de couverture. Défauts minimes.Maboroshi no Roshia ehon (Rares Livres d'images russes) 1920-1930, Ashia City Museum 2004, n°10, p.21, édition russe reproduite).(104057) Livres.