Item #2114 [RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]. Ben Hecht.
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]
[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]

[RUSSIAN-AMERICAN BOOK DESIGN] Tysiacha i odin den’ v Chikago [i.e. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago]

Item #2114

Moscow: GIZ, 1928. 216 p.: ill. 21x14 cm. 1 of 4000 copies.Original illustrated cardboards together with the modern protective case.

First edition in Russian. Extremely rare. Produced at the 1st Exemplary Typography in Moscow (1ya Obraztsovaya tipografiya).

Designed by Pyotr Suvorov using the original illustrations by Herman Gross. The book is an interesting example of Soviet designer taking the English original edition and re-adapting the layouts and the existing illustrations to the needs of Russian edition.
Pyotr Suvorov (1901-1968) was a very important figure for early to mid-Soviet book design. A VKHUTEMAS graduate, he has later became the professor of printing arts in Surikov Art School in Moscow and has written books on book design and lithography in 1940-1960s. In 1930s he has collaborated with Nikolay Kupriyanov on developing the technique of multi-layer lithography. In 1940s he was the editor-in-chief of Detgiz publishing house.
Ben Hecht (1894-1964) was an American journalist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago is from his early career as a journalist, being a collection of columns he wrote for the Chicago Daily News from 1921-1922. In the late 1920s, Hecht and Charles MacArthur wrote the Broadway hit The Front Page,
which was later adapted into a film. Moving to Hollywood, Hecht became a successful screenwriter, working on films like Scarface (1932), Nothing Sacred (1937), Gunga Din (1939) and Notorious (1945).

Only four copies recorded in USA, according to Worldcat.

Together with:
Hecht, Ben. A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago / design and illustrations by Herman Rosse. Chicago: Chicago Daily News, 1922. 290 p. 21x15 cm. Original illustated cardboards. Slightly bumped, but overall in very good condition. First edition.

Price: $1,950.00

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