Nine children's books, written and edited by Samuil Marshak, with illustrations by Russian artists Vladimir Lebedev, Vladimir Konashevich, Mikhail Tsekhanosvky, and others. Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 1930s.
1-3. Three children's books by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev (1891-1967). • Мистер Твистер [Mister Twister], 1933. • Vot Kakoi Rasseyeiannyi [What an Absent-Minded Man], 1934. • Bagazh [Baggage], 1936.
4. Knizhka pro knizhki [A Book about Books], by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Dmitry Mitrohin (1883-1973). Leningrad, 1935.
5-6. Two children's books by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963): • Pozhar [Fire], 1935. • Tri Skazki [Three Tales], 1937 (incomplete).
7. Chrabryi Portnoi [The Brave Tailor], adaption of a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, edited by Samuil Marshak, 1936.
8. Pochta [Mail], by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky (1889-1965), 1937.
9. Skazki, Pesni, Zagadki [Tales, Songs, Riddles], by Samuil Marshak, 1949.
Samuil (Shmuel) Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964) was a Russian-Jewish poet, author, playwright and educator who gained fame mostly as a children's poet. The popular Hebrew children's book "The Absent-Minded Man of Kfar Azar" is a Hebrew adaptation of Marshak's book "What an Absent-Minded Man", see above.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Stains, creases and tears. Loose or detached covers to some of the books. One book is incomplete.