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Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh. (A Cloud in Trousers: A Tetraptich.) by MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir - 1918

by MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir

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Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh. (A Cloud in Trousers: A Tetraptich.) by MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir - 1918

Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh. (A Cloud in Trousers: A Tetraptich.)

by MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir

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1918. First edition with the unexpurgated original text, the second overall following a substantially censored first edition in 1915. Before the 1917 revolution Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) had been a "regular scandal-maker" (his own words) of the Futurist school, but by 1918 his revolutionary voice found endorsement in this uncensored edition of his key poem and first major work. The poem was composed in a fit of frustrated love for artist Maria Denisova, imploding into a rage at the world. His introduction touts the text as a "catechism for contemporary art", and restores his titles for each of the previously unnamed quadrants of the work: "Down with your love", "Down with your art", "Down with your system", and "Down with your religion." WorldCat gives only six locations of this unexpurgated edition worldwide. Octavo. Original yellow wrappers, titles to front and rear, edition label to front wrapper as issued. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Chipping to spine backing, light creasing and nicks at wrapper extremities, front wrapper expertly reattached, splits to rear joint ends. A very good copy.
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  • Date Published 1918

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[RUSSIAN FUTURISM - AVANT-GARDE] Oblako v shtanakh: tetraptikh [A cloud in trousers: tetraptych]....

[RUSSIAN FUTURISM - AVANT-GARDE] Oblako v shtanakh: tetraptikh [A cloud in trousers: tetraptych]. Biblioteka "Ogonek", no. 28 (series title)

by Mayakovsky, Vladimir

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Third edition of this enormously popular long poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, which established his reputation as the prophet of the Revolution. Written in 1914, the poem caused a sensation in literary circles and was finally published with the personal funds of the literary critic Osip Brik in 1915. Published on the 10th anniversary of the first edition, this third edition was sold out immediately on release despite its large print run, due to the great popularity of the poem. The second edition published already after the Revolution, in 1918, sold out immediately as well. As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC show copies of this third edition at Yale, Ohio, and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Third edition of this enormously popular long poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky, which established his reputation as the prophet of the Revolution. Written in 1914, the poem caused a sensation in literary circles and was finally published with the personal funds of the literary critic Osip Brik in 1915. Published on the 10th… Read More
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Oblako v Shtanakh. Tetraptikh. [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptych].

Oblako v Shtanakh. Tetraptikh. [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptych].

by MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich

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Petrograd, Gramotnost, 1915. . First edition; small 8vo (17 x 13 cm); 63pp.; ink Cyrillic ownership inscription on title-page dated 'March 1916', monogram stamp to verso of front wrapper, slight wear to right lower corner of pages; original printed orange wrappers with minor repairs, otherwise in excellent condition. first edition of one of Mayakovsky's major works. Heavily modified, the poet's revolutionary sentiments were not accepted by the Imperial censor, who requested the original title The Thirteenth Apostle be changed. Despite not being the complete version, the text was incredibly popular and Mayakovsky wrote in his introduction to a later edition that the text is 'a catechism for contemporary art'. The work is dedicated to his muse Lilya Brik, wife of his publisher and life-long friend Osip Brik. Mayakovsky was not discrete with his admiration for Lilya and the two had a passionate affair lasting six years. Filipp Matveevich Vermel', a poet, translator and contemporary of Mayakovsky… Read More
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