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CHEKHONIN RUSSIAN ART LITERATURE ILLUSTRATION BALL

[CHEKHONIN, Sergei Vasilevich (1878-1936).] Arion.

Petersburg: Sirin, 1918. Poems by Vladimir Zlobin, Dmitrii Maizels, Georgii Maslov and others. Decoration on p. 3 by S. V. Chekhonin. 63 pp., 8vo (230 x 155 mm). Original decorated wrappers designed by S. V. Chekhonin. Condition: wrappers darkened. inscribed by d. maizel to vasilei grigorevich naumov on p. 3 and dated October 26, 1918. [Together with 2 other works illustrated by Chekhonin:] Apelsinnye korki [Orange Peel]. Berlin: S. Efron, [1923]. Poems for children by Mariya Moravskaya. 56 pp., 8vo (233 x 175 mm). Cloth-backed decorated boards designed by S. V. Chekhonin. Condition: boards soiled and corners bumped. This children's book was originally published in 1912 and several poems with Chekhonin's pictures were reprinted in Maxim Gorky and Kornei Chukovsky's juvenile annual Elka [Christmas Tree] (1918), the first important children's book issued under the Bolsheviks. Strastnaya subbota. Stikhi [Holy Saturday. Poems]. Petersburg: "Vremya," 1922. By Wilhelm Zorgenfrei. Printer's device designed by S. V. Chekhoinin. 56 pp., 8vo (170 x 130 mm). Original decorated wrappers designed by S. Chekhonin. Condition: wrappers frayed and spine partially split and detached. (3).(3)