[RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE – SOVIET PUBLISHING] Katalog izdanii po literature i iskusstvu [Catalog of publications on literature and art].

Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1924. Small octavo (16.6 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 74, [13] pp. With loosely inserted errata sheet. Wrappers detached from text block; one leaf with traces of paper and glue; else good or better. Item #54002

Catalog of the Leningrad branch of the Soviet State Publishing House, containing newly published books about literature and the arts, including both Soviet and foreign works in translation. Such catalogs were not for sale, but intended for bookstores and libraries, as well as for personal orders. Contains information on placing orders and corresponding with the publishing house. With appealing wrappers, signed with the monogram AG.

The catalog is divided into sections on Russian belles lettres, translations of foreign writers, poetry, drama, the history and theory of literature, as well as art. A number of wrappers are reproduced throughout the text.

As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC show two copies in North America, one of which appears to have been rebound and possibly lacks the wrappers.

Price: €350.00

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