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Lot 15

"Lyre of Lyres", Poems by Sergei Bobrov – Moscow, 1917 – Avant-Garde Cover Design

Лира лиръ, Третья книга стиховъ [Lyre of Lyres, Third Book of Verse], a collection of poems by Sergei Bobrov. Moscow: Центрифуга, 1917. Russian.

The third poetry collection by Futurist poet Sergei Bobrov (Сергей Павлович Бобровъ; 1889-1971); with an avant-garde cover design and several illustrations.
The collection was published by Центрифуга ("Centrifuge"), a publishing house established by members of the Futurist art movement of the same name, whose members included Sergei Bobrov, Boris Pasternak, Nikolai Aseev, and others. The group was active ca. 1913-1917; books published by "Centrifuge" continued to appear for a few years after the group disbanded.

64, [8] pages. Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and minor wear. Traces of dampness to margins of all leaves. Blemishes and minor wear to cover and spine.
MoMA 145.