Neustroeva, O[l'ga] and Aleksandr Rodchenko (designer).

[RARE RODCHENKO DESIGN – ONLY ONE IN WORLDCAT] Zhizn' Luizy Mishel' [The life of Louise Michel].

Moscow-Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo, 1929. Octavo (19.5 × 13.6 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Rodchenko; 77, [3] pp. Good or better; pre-war stamps of a publishing house archive; a few nicks and light chipping to wrapper edges. Item #54018

First and only edition of this biography of Louise Michel (1830–1905), a French anarchist, school teacher, medical worker, and member of the Paris Commune. With a short bibliography of translations of Michel's writings into Russian, as well as essays and books about her by her contemporaries (including Kropotkin). Written in a lively, captivating style, with chapter headings such as "What did Louise Michel strive for and preach" and "What was Louise Michel's mistake?" With a constructivist cover design by Alexander Rodchenko.

Given the book's scarcity – in spite of the 5,000 copy print run – it must have been confiscated for political reasons after publication, possibly in connection with the author, Ol'ga Vasil'evna Neustroeva, about whom we were unable to find any further information.

As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC show a sole copy at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Price: €900.00

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