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Moscow: gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1953 ¶ FIRST POSTHUMOUS EDITION and still the standard annotated edition; comprising verse, epigrams, fables, stories, tales, feuilletons, poems, articles, and letters by one of the most prolific and successful writers of the Soviet period; edited by A. A. Volkov with notes by Isaak Eventov (author of the standard life of Bednyi, 1953). The author's real name was Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov. ||| Collation: Five volumes in 8s (199 x 127 mm). Five halftone plates (portraits). Binding: Publisher's red art morocco. References: Muratova 114; Tarasenkov 39/2; Terras 42/2. Condition: A fine set..
OLD DOLLS by BEDNYI
by BEDNYI
OLD DOLLS
by BEDNYI
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KOUKRYNIKSI. RUSSIAN. STARBYE KUKPI [OLD DOLLS] by Bednyi (pseud. Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov). 1931. 4to, pictorial wraps, light spine and cover wear, VG. Illustrated by Koukryniksi with full page satirical portrayals ridiculing the political figures of the past. Koukryniksi is a composite name for 3 famous Soviet illustrators who were satirists, poster designers and painters whose names were Mikhail KOUriyanov, Porfiry KRYlov and NIKolai Sokolov. Quite striking. See Leveque Dictionnaire p. 120.
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