Troe [The Three] Limited First Edition: One of 500 Copies. Illustrated by K. Malevich.

Saint Petersburg: Zhuravl’, 1913. Russian text. 96 pp. Illustrated with reproduced music score. 20 x19 cm. In original lithographed wrappers. Previous owner's signature in green pencil on first page. In very good condition with no damage to covers, spine, or pages. Minor wear and age-toning to wrappers. Overall, in highly collectable condition for a publication that is more than one hundred years old. Limited first edition. One of 500 copies. Collection of poetry, essays, and short stories by the three Russian Futurists Velimir Khlebnikov, Elena Guro, and Alexei Kruchenykh. Guro had passed away before the collection was published. Cover design and four illustrations by Kazimir Malevich. The book also reproduces Mikhail Matyushin’s introductory music score to the opera “Victory over the Sun”. Reference: MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 38.