![Item #P4609 [GEORGIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK – AVANT-GARDE] Chinka-bichi (samavshvo motkhrobebi) [Chinka boy: children’s stories]. Leo Kiacheli, pseud. of Leo Shengelaia.](https://penkararebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P4609_1.jpeg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706269444)
[GEORGIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK – AVANT-GARDE] Chinka-bichi (samavshvo motkhrobebi) [Chinka boy: children’s stories].
Tbilisi: Gamomtseli T. Chikvanaia, 1925. Octavo (24 × 16.5 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 42, [1] pp. with illustrations throughout. The fragile wrappers possibly mounted to thicker stock; light wear and soil; light moisture stain to edges; still about very good. Item #P4609
A celebration of communist rule for children, written by the revolutionary turned writer Leo Shengelaia (1884–1956). “Taking his principles and aesthetics from Maxim Gorky, he devoted his life to fictionalizing the great moments he had participated in, notably the events of 1905” (Donald Rayfield, The Literature of Georgia: A History, p. 218). Unattributed wrapper design in the spirit of Georgian avant-garde art (signed with the initials E. B.?).
As of January 2024, not in KVK, OCLC.
Price: €450.00