Description:
A remarkable example of revolutionary poetry during the Silver Age, and of provincial publishing during the Civil War.A unique copy, with the linocut coloured by contemporary hand and inscribed by Evangulov and Ivnev(?) to the artist of the striking cover, Ivan Ivanov:
Талантливому автору нашей обложки худ. Ив. Иванову на память этот "Костер" горящий в наших умах / 17.IX.1920 / Геор[гий] Евангулов
[To the talented illustrator of the cover of our book, artist Iv. Ivanov, a gift of this "Campfire" lighting up our minds / 17.IX.1920 / Geor[giy] Evantulov].
Дорогой Ваничка! А дальше не хватило пороху. Р.И. [Рюрик Ивнев (?)].
[Dear Vanichka! To write more I haven't got what it takes. R.I. (Riurik Ivnev?)].
Very rare.
WorldCat locates only one copy, in the Getty research Institute, to which we could add the RNB's copy, uncoloured. Not in Savine.
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