Неизданный Хлебников. Вып. ХVIII: 1912-1914 гг [Khlebnikov Unpublished, Issue 8, 1912-1914]. Moscow: Группа друзей Хлебникова [Friends of Khlebnikov], 1930. Russian. Cover illustration: Natalia Goncharova.
Booklet in a series published posthumously by an organization of friends of the poet Velimir Khlebnikov, containing unpublished writings and compositions. In addition to drafts and previously unpublished versions of poems, the booklet includes two letters sent by Khlebnikov to the avant-garde painter and composer Mikhail Matyushin.
The illustration on the front cover is by the artist Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962), a painter, costume designer, and theater stage designer belonging to the Russian avant-garde movement.
Published in 150 copies.
[1] Printed cover, 16 ff. (printed on one side only), 21.5X16.5 cm. Good condition. Tears to cover, professionally restored. Minor creases and blemishes to edges of several leaves. Back cover possibly not original.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

Отчетная выставка за 6 лет, Карикатура, политплакат, книга, журнал, газета, живопись, театр [Retrospective Exhibition of Six Years' Work: Caricature, Political Poster, Book, Journal, Newspaper, Painting, Theater]. Exhibition Catalogue featuring works of the "Kukryniksy" trio of artists – Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov. Moscow: Изогиз [Izogiz], 1932. Russian. Design: Solomon Telingater.
Retrospective exhibition catalogue spotlighting the diverse artistic output of the painters belonging to the "Kukryniksy" trio over a six-year period. The catalogue opens with a caricature of the trio by artist Aminadav Kanevsky, followed by introductory remarks by Maxim Gorky and B. Malkin.
"Kukryniksy" (Кукрыниксы) is the group name for three painters – Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov – who worked together for decades, mostly producing illustrations and caricatures for books. Their achievements earned each of them the titles "Popular Painter of the Soviet Union," "Hero of Socialist Labor," the USSR State Prize, and, in 1965, the Lenin Prize. The name "Kukryniksy" is an acronym composed of the first letters of the names of the three artists.
The catalogue was designed by the artist Solomon Telingater (Соломoн Телингaтер, 1903-1969), who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and studied art in Baku and Moscow. He was a book and typeface designer and a member of the "October Group" alongside El Lissitzky and Aleksandr Rodchenko. In 1963, he became the first Soviet artist to receive the Iohan Gutenberg award for designing books and typefaces.
[2] pp. cover, [4] pp., [16] half-pages (pages in middle of catalogue originally cut into halves), [4] pp., [1] p. back cover, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains, particularly to cover. Minor creases and folds to edges of some leaves and cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

Рисунки М. Добужинского [The Paintings of M. Dobuzhinsky] by Erich Gollerbach. Moscow-Petrograd (Moscow-St. Petersburg): Государственное издательство [State Publisher], 1923. Russian. Design: Dobuzhinsky.
Monograph relating to the painter Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957), Lithuanian-Russian painter and illustrator, who was famous for paintings focused primarily on the theme of urbanization.
The front cover and title page were designed by Dobuzhinsky himself. The decorated opening initial of the text is the work of Sergey Chekhonin.
The author, Erich Fedorovich Gollerbach (1896-1942), was a Russian critic of art and literature, and a bibliographer and bibliophile.
104 pp., 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (many on cover). Tears to spine (missing segments). Inked stamps to back cover. Creases to corners of cover and to some leaves.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

Чей поэт Сергей Есенин? (Беглые заметки) [Whose Poet is Sergei Yesenin?], by Alexander Revyakin. Moscow: self-published, 1926. Russian.
An unflattering critical essay on the poet Sergei Yesenin and his work, by Alexander Ivanovich Revyakin (1900-1983), a Soviet literary critic and professor of literature. The essay was published roughly a month after Yesenin's death.
Because of its references to Leon Trotsky, this booklet was labeled subversive and consequently banned in the Soviet Union from the early 1930s onward. The authorities went so far as to remove and destroy all copies in local libraries.
The cover – whose designer is unidentified – features a portrait of Yesenin, encircled by a large question mark.
39 pp., 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, tears, and creases to edges of cover and to spine. Back cover and last leaf detached. Minor tear to first leaf. Signature in pen to page facing title page.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.