Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
Collection of Booklets – Revolutionary Literature in Soviet Russia – Moscow-Leningrad, 1918-1930 – Including Covers Designed by Alexander Rodchenko and Vladimir Bekhteev
Opening: $100
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Five booklets:
• Конституция (основной закон) Российской Социалистической Федеративной Советской Республики... [Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic...]. Moscow: Издательство Всероссийского Центрального Исполнительного КомитетаР., С., К. и К. депутатов, 1918. Russian.
• Мятежники (Из воспоминаний о революции) [The Rebels (From Memories of the Revolution)], by Pavel Dybenko (Дыбенко). Moscow: Красная новь, 1923. Russian. Cover designed by
Alexander Rodchenko (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ро́дченко; 1891-1956).
• Пугачевщина, Картины народной трагедии [Pugachev, Pictures of a People's Tragedy], a play about Yemelyan Pugachev's revolt in the 18th century, by Konstantin Trenev (Тренев). Moscow: Мосполиграф, 1924. Russian. Cover and title page designed by
Vladimir Bekhteev (Владимир Георгиевич Бехтеев; 1878-1971).
• 10 дней которые потрясли мир [Ten Days That Shook the World], about the events of the October Revolution, by John Reed. Translated into Russian with an afterword by Vasily Yarotsky (Яковлевич). With introductions by Vladimir Lenin and his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya. Moscow: Красная новь, 1924. Second edition. Russian.
• Голуби мира, Поездка за границу [Doves of Peace, A Trip Abroad], by Ivan Mikitenko (Микитенко). Moscow-Leningrad: Государственное издательство, 1930. Russian.
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Collections of Poetry, Prose and Non-Fiction Books
Collections of Poetry, Prose and Non-Fiction Books