20th century: Avant-Garde | PY Rare Books

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Image for Burliuk, Exter, Vasilieva, Livshits, Futuristy, inscribed, 1914 #1

Warmly inscribed by Burliuk

BURLIUK, David, Aleksandra EKSTER, Maria VASILIEVA (artists) and Benedict LIVSHITS (author)

Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [v] "Futuristy" [Sun of wolves. Second book of poetry [in] "Futurists"]

£2,950

Warmly inscribed by Burliuk
BURLIUK, David, Aleksandra EKSTER, Maria VASILIEVA (artists) and Benedict LIVSHITS (author). Volchie solntse. Kniga stikhov vtoraia [v] "Futuristy". [Sun of wolves. Second book of poetry [in] "Futurists"]
Published/created in: 1914

£2,950

First edition of this collection of futurist poetry, inscribed by Burliuk to "the best customer" Lev Grinkrug. A lovely book, finely illustrated with plates by Burliuk and two famous Russian avant-garde female artists: Exter and Vasilieva.

Image for Chagall's first book, first edition of his only children book, 1917 #1

Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration

CHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]

A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]

£22,500

Chagall's first book and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration
CHAGALL, Marc (artist) and Der NISTER [pseud. for Pinchus KAHANOVICH]. A Mayse mit a Hon; Dos Tsigele. [A Story About a Rooster [and] The Little Goat]
Published/created in: 1917

£22,500

Chagall's first illustrated book, his only children book, and a landmark of Yiddish book illustration, published the year of the Russian revolution. Very rare, especially in this very good condition: about 5 other copies known.

Image for N. PUNIN & P. MITURICH. Skaz gramotnykh detiam [Tale for Literate Children]. First edition of this very rare Russian children book; inscribed. Moscow, 1919 #2

Rare and fascinating avant-garde children book - inscribed

PUNIN, Nikolai and P[etr] MITURICH (artist)

Skaz gramotnykh detiam [Tale for Literate Children]

£7,500

Rare and fascinating avant-garde children book - inscribed
PUNIN, Nikolai and P[etr] MITURICH (artist). Skaz gramotnykh detiam. [Tale for Literate Children]
Published/created in: 1919]

£7,500

A book like we love them: with many different interesting aspects, from the beautiful gold illlustrations, and the research principle at their source, to the 'missed propaganga' theme of the tale and the tragic fate of his author, Akhmatova's husband, who here added a fine handwritten inscription to the copy. Just fantastic.

Image for BLOK & ANNENKOV. Dvenadsta [The Twelve]. First edition. St. Petersburg, 1918. #2

"The best I've written"

BLOK, Aleksandr and Iurii ANNENKOV (artist)

Dvenadtsat [The Twelve]

£6,500

"The best I've written"
BLOK, Aleksandr and Iurii ANNENKOV (artist). Dvenadtsat. [The Twelve]
Published/created in: 1918

£6,500

Rare first edition of one of the best modernist books and a Russian 'livre d'artiste', published in the aftermath of the Revolution and WW1. One of 300 copies only, this one kept in its original printed wrappers.

Image for GENKEL & SUETIN. Ford and Fordism. First edition, Leningrad, 1925. #2

Ford's influence in the early USSR

GENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist)

Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]

£1,750

Ford's influence in the early USSR
GENKEL, German and Nikolai SUETIN (artist). Ford i fordizm: vpechatleniia. [Ford and Fordism: Impressions]
Published/created in: 1925

£1,750

Fine cover for one of the great Russian books on the influential American industrialist. Uncommon, and here in a pleasant example.

Image for GONCHAROVA & LARIONOV. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne. First edition, Paris, 1919. #2

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs

GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH

L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne

£10,000

Ballets Russes innovations in large pochoirs
GONTCHAROVA [Natalia GONCHAROVA] and LARIONOW [Mikhail LARIONOV] (artists), and Valentin PARNAKH. L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne.
Published/created in: 1919

£10,000

Fine complete copy of the first, limited edition. With beautiful plates by the two Russian avant-garde artists working for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris, some of these illustrations large and strikingly colourful.

Image for KRUCHENYKH. Stories and Drawings by Children, first edition in the original Russian, St. Petersburg, 1914. #2

Children's spontaneity and the Avant-Garde

KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei

Sobstvenniie razskazy i risunki detei [Actual Stories and Drawings by Children]

£2,350

Children's spontaneity and the Avant-Garde
KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei. Sobstvenniie razskazy i risunki detei. [Actual Stories and Drawings by Children]
Published/created in: 1914

£2,350

Pleasant example of this curious work, gathering children's texts and drawings within the frame of the buoyant Russian avant-garde. A delicate production, fragile, here is fresh internal condition. First edition.

Image for PICASSO, GONCHAROVA, LARIONOV etc. Grand Bal Travesti - Transmental. First edition, Paris, 1923. #2

The complete set

LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others

Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]

£1,950

The complete set
LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill].
Published/created in: 1923

£1,950

Lovely gathering of three 'ephemera' items produced for the first Russian ball of the avant-garde in Paris - an eclectic show with music and dances in newly designed costumes. With Larionov's ticket, Goncharova's handbill and the famous programme with many artistic contributions.

Image for GRIGORIEV & CHERNYI, Detskii ostrov, first edition, Berlin 1921. #2

Famous Russian children book

CHERNYI, Sasha (pseud. for Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG) and Boris GRIGORIEV (artist)

Detskii ostrov [The Children's Island]

£1,950

Famous Russian children book
CHERNYI, Sasha (pseud. for Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG) and Boris GRIGORIEV (artist). Detskii ostrov. [The Children's Island]
Published/created in: 1921

£1,950

Grigoriev's famous children book, in the original publisher's binding; a very good example.

Image for SHKOLVSKII, V. & El LISSITZKY. Zoo. First edition, Berlin, 1923. #2

Berlin's fauna of Russian immigrants

SHKLOVSKII, Viktor and El LISITSKII [LISSITZKY] (artist)

Zoo. Pisma ne o liubvi ili tretia Eloiza [Zoo. Letters Not About Love or the Third Eloise]

£600

Berlin's fauna of Russian immigrants
SHKLOVSKII, Viktor and El LISITSKII [LISSITZKY] (artist). Zoo. Pisma ne o liubvi ili tretia Eloiza. [Zoo. Letters Not About Love or the Third Eloise]
Published/created in: 1923

£600

Cover design by El Lissitzky for this depiction of the Russian emigration in Berlin in the Golden Twenties.

The preferred first edition, rarer than the Russian one published shortly afterwards.

Image for KAMENSKII, V. Kniga o Evreinove. First edition, Petrograd, 1917. #2

Avant-garde theatre in pre-revolutionary Russia

[EVREINOV, Nikolai] – KAMENSKII, Vasilii Vasilievich

Kniga o Evreinove [A Book About Evreinov]

£250

Avant-garde theatre in pre-revolutionary Russia
[EVREINOV, Nikolai] - KAMENSKII, Vasilii Vasilievich. Kniga o Evreinove. [A Book About Evreinov]
Published/created in: 1917

£250

Avant-garde theatre - including Wilde and Beardsley - through the eyes of an avant-garde poet, artist and aviator. Published the year of the Revolution, by an important theatre woman.

Image for CHEKHONIN - EFROS & PUNIN. First edition in English. 1923. #2

Propaganda's beauty

[CHEKHONIN] – EPHROS, Abram and Nikolai PUNIN

S. Chekhonin. A Master of the Soviet Empire Style [and] On the Art of Chekhonin

£1,450

Propaganda's beauty
[CHEKHONIN] - EPHROS, Abram and Nikolai PUNIN. S. Chekhonin. A Master of the Soviet Empire Style [and] On the Art of Chekhonin.
Published/created in: 1923

£1,450

Avant-garde and propaganda's early days: the English version of this celebration of one of most striking Russian artists and designers.

Image for PUSHKIN & SHUKHAEV, Boris Godunov, one of 18 on Japon Imperial with two suites. Paris, 1925. #2

With two suites

POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV]

Boris Godounov

£5,250

With two suites
POUCHKINE, Alexandre and Vasily CHOUKHAEFF (artist) [PUSHKIN and SHUKHAEV]. Boris Godounov.
Published/created in: 1925

£5,250

One of the great artists' books of the Russian Paris school - here in the deluxe version on Japon Impérial: one of 18 copies only.

Image for TCHAIKOV, J. Dos Kelbl. First illustrated edition, unopened, Kiyv, 1919. #1

Unopened Yiddish Avant-Garde

TCHAIKOV, Joseph (artist) and Mendele MOCHER-SFORIM

Dos Kelbl [The Calf]

£3,950

Unopened Yiddish Avant-Garde
TCHAIKOV, Joseph (artist) and Mendele MOCHER-SFORIM. Dos Kelbl. [The Calf]
Published/created in: 1919

£3,950

A fine illustrated production of the Kultur Lige, published in Kiyv in 1919. A scarce Yiddish children book, especially unopened without significant restoration.

Image for ALTMAN, Natan. Lenin. First edition, Peterburg, 1921 #1

One of the famous covers of the Avant-Garde

Lenin. Risunki Natana Altmana [Lenin. Sketches by Natan Altman]

£1,250

One of the famous covers of the Avant-Garde
ALTMAN, Natan. Lenin. Risunki Natana Altmana. [Lenin. Sketches by Natan Altman]
Published/created in: 1921

£1,250

A pleasant example of this work, with its famous avant-garde cover design by Altman.

Image for GRIGORIEV, B. Faces of Russia. Berlin, 1924. #1

In fine condition

GRIGORIEV, Boris Dmitrievich

Faces of Russia

£1,850

In fine condition
GRIGORIEV, Boris Dmitrievich. Faces of Russia.
Published/created in: 1924

£1,850

A lovely, clean copy of this great book of artistic portraits of Russians. First English edition, copy num. 7.

Image for LEBEDEFF, J. Ymaigier, un des 10 sur Japon. Paris, 1939. #2

Tirage de tête - with a supplementary print, inscribed

[LEBEDEFF, Jean] – Jean-Paul DUBRAY

L'Ymaigier Jean Lebedeff

£1,750

Tirage de tête - with a supplementary print, inscribed
[LEBEDEFF, Jean] - Jean-Paul DUBRAY. L'Ymaigier Jean Lebedeff.
Published/created in: 1939

£1,750

A great example of this lovely production: one of 10 copies on 'papier japon', with a supplementary print, loose and inscribed by Lebedeff.

Image for RODCHENKO & KURCHENYKH. Miatezh. Kniga IX. First edition of this very rare avant-garde work. Baku & Moscow, 1920-21 #2

Out of stock

"Baku - the most American city!"

[RODCHENKO, Aleksandr (artist)] and Aleksei KRUCHENYKH

Miatezh. Kniga IX [Mutiny. Book IX]

"Baku - the most American city!"
[RODCHENKO, Aleksandr (artist)] and Aleksei KRUCHENYKH. Miatezh. Kniga IX. [Mutiny. Book IX]
Published/created in: 1920-21

£33,000

Extremely rare work of the Russian avant-garde, with a unique collage by Rodchenko and Kruchenykh's surrealist poem-tale of "the American Goat". One of about 10 copies only, with just another one traced, in Moscow's State Library.

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