![Item #2748 [CHUKOVSKY AGAINST FUTURISTS] Futuristy [i.e. Futurists]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2748.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779923629)
St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 18,6×12,5 cm. In owner’s contemporary cardboards (without original wrappers). Very good. Tears of the title-page. Ex-library copy: library bookplate to the front pastedown and a blind library stamp on the title page. Scarce. First book edition. Text in Russian. A fascinating document..... More
![Item #1778 [CHUKOVSKY AT HIS BEST] Telefon [i.e. Telephone]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1778.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690326254)
Leningrad: Raduga, [1927]. 16 pp.: ill., including covers. 27,5x22 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine and tears of covers restored, some soiling, creases, signature on front cover and title page, pencil note on front cover, otherwise very good. Lithographed throughout. Fourth edition of the legendary poem. Scarce as all..... More
![Item #2099 [KONASHEVICH & CHUKOVSKY] Telefon [i.e. Telephone]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2099.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721162622)
Moscow: Detizdat: Fabrika detskoi knigi, 1938. [16] pp., ills. 14,5x11 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Covers soiled, tears of spine, otherwise very good. No title page, as issued. Lithographed in color throughout. Lifetime edition of the legendary poem illustrated by one of the leading Soviet designers of children’s books..... More
![Item #2276 [MUROCHKA CHUKOVSKAYA] Solnechnaya [i.e. The Sunny One]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2276.png?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736344120)
2nd edition. Moscow: OGIZ; Molodaya Gvardiya, 1933. 112 pp., ill. 17x12 cm. Original illustrated cardboards. The spine is slightly restored, otherwise very good. With four full-page illustrations in colour by S. Kizelvater, illustrations in text. Rare second edition of one of the most personal works by Korney Chukovsky..... More
![Item #1542 [WALT WHITMAN'S LEAVES OF GRASS AS AN APPLE OF DISCORD] Uot Uitmen: Poeziya...](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1542.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669207291)
Moscow; Petrograd: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 6-ye izd. M.; Petrograd.: Gos. izd-vo, 1923. 165, [3] pp., 1 portrait. 23.6x15.6 cm. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. First few pages detached, loss of the pieces of the spine, tears of the wrappers, neat restoration of the front wrapper (tape). Good. Scarce..... More
![Item #1779 [SOVIET RIDDLES] Trudnaia zagadka [i.e. Complicated Riddle]. K. Chukovsky, O., Gurian](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1779.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690326524)
[Moscow]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 16 pp.: ill., including covers. 15,5x14 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Tear of spine, rusty staple, some soiling of covers, ink numbers on back cover, otherwise very good. Constructivist lithographic book by a well-known children’s writer Olga Gurian (1899–1973) who wrote over 50 books about..... More
![Item #2699 [KONASHEVICH-CHUKOVSKY] Limpopo. K. I Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2699.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1773928854)
[Leningrad]: Children’s Literature Publishing House, 1935. [12] p., illustrated throughout. Illustrated publisher’s cover. 22 × 19 cm. Overall good condition. Minor soiling on the cover; tears at the edges. Second edition. Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich (1888—1963) – Russian and Soviet artist, graphic designer, Doctor of Art History, Honored Artist..... More
![Item #1140 [CHUKOVSKY AGAINST FUTURISTS] Futuristy [i.e. Futurists]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1140.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1608120255)
St. Petersburg: Polyarnaya zvezda, 1922. 84 pp. 19.5×13 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Small tears, losses and light foxing of the wrappers, otherwise very good. The highest point of the polemics between Korney Chukovsky and Russian Futurists. Ever since futurism in Russia took on a large scale in..... More
![Item #198 Fedorino gore [i.e. Fedora’s Grief]. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/198.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1483910466)
Leningrad: Raduga, 1926. [16] pp.: ill. 27,8x21,8 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some restoration of the spine and last page, some general wearing. Otherwise a very good copy. Rare first edition. One of 8000 copies. Illustrated by Vladislav Tvardovsky (1888-1942), Russian Soviet children’s book graphic artist, was working as..... More
![Item #196 [ILLUSTRATIONS BY YURY ANNENKOV] Miydodir. K. Chukovsky](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/196.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1483909875)
Kharkiv: DITVIDAV, 1934. [24] pp.: ill. 29,5x22,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Some pages are in the wrong order. Tear of the few pages. Otherwise a very good/near fine copy. Very rare. Famous poem for children by Korney Chukovsky about a magical creature by the name Moydodyr (literally «Wash..... More
![Item #344 [SENSE AND NONSENSE IN CHILDREN’S SPEECH] Malen’kie deti: Detsky yazyk, Ekikiki,...](https://bookvica.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/344.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1513336059)
Leningrad: Krasnaya gazeta, 1928. 96 pp.: ill. 20x15 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Lacking spine and rear wrapper. Tears and small losses of the front cover, text block is loose, some pages with pale stains, 16 pages in the beginning with big tear and unprofessional restoration (paper and scotch; no..... More