Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.

Anthology of poetry, opening with the Futurist manifesto "Go to Hell!" and including poems by members of the Futurist group "Hylaea", among them Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Elena Guro, Velimir Khlebnikov, and David Burliuk. Alongside the poems are printed illustrations by Pavel Filonov, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Olga Rozanova, and Ivan Puni. The anthology was printed on papers of varying thicknesses and colors. Its cover was designed by Ivan Puni (Иван Альбертович Пу́ни; 1892-1956).

Due to its provocative nature, and especially because of some of the illustrations printed in it, the Russian censorship banned the volume's distribution, and copies were confiscated immediately after printing. Only a few dozen or at most a few hundred copies were smuggled out of the printing house and distributed. Several of this anthology's illustrators were put on trial.

[2], 115, [3], 117-119, [3] pages, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains. Minor creases and tears to edges of cover; open tears to spine.

MoMA 92.

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.

Сорок сороков, Диалектические поэмы ничевоком содеянные [A Multitude: Dialectical Poems Committed by a Nothingist], by Ryurik Rok (Рю́рик Ю́рьевич Ро́к). Moscow: Хобо, 1923. Russian.

A collection of poems by Ryurik Rok (pen name of Emil-Eduard Gering: Эмиль-Эдуард Максимилианович Геринг; 1898-1962). Ryurik Rok, a Russian poet and theater director, was a member of the literary group "Nichevoki" (Ничево́ки), which was active in Russia in the early 1920s. Similar to the European Dada movement, the movement was characterized by breaking literary and social norms, held poetry reading events and published manifestos and works that emphasized their opposition to prevailing conventions in poetry and art.

The cover was designed by Boris Zemenkov (Борис Сергеевич Земенков; 1902-1963), artist and poet, also a member of the "Nichevoki" group.

The book's Russian title – "Sorok Sorokov" (= forty times forty) – Is a historical term referring to the multitude of churches in Moscow, and a figurative expression of abundance.

32 pages. 22.5 cm. Overall good condition. Tears and blemishes to cover, professionally restored.

MoMA 523.