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Description: LISSITZKY, Lazar Markovich, 'El' (1890-1941) -- VOL'SHAKOV, Konstantin. Solntse na izlete. [The Spent Sun.] Moscow: Tsentrifuga, 1916. [With:] -- IAFFE, L.B. U rek vavilonskikh. Natsional'no-evreiskaia lirika v mirovoi poezii. [By the Rivers of Babylon. Jewish Lyric in World Poetry] Moscow: Safrut, 1917. 2 vols, 8° (237 x 192mm and 245 x 195mm). (1916: some soiling; 1917: some browning.) Original illustrated wrappers with cover design after Lissitzky (1916: spine repaired, small losses at extremities; 1917: worn, spine and extremities chipped, covers re-attached, some soiling). Provenance: Russian booksellers's stamps and pressmarks -- Christie's (sold, 27 April 1990, lots 350 and 351).

FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO WORKS WITH COVER DESIGN BY LISSITZKY. The book by Vol'shakov had a small print run of just 480 copies. Both are reproduced in the MoMA catalogue. The Russian Avant Garde Book 1910-1934, 126 and 157. (2)

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Provenance: Sale 5829
Fine Printed Books, Manuscripts, Traditional Sports
23 November 2009
London, South Kensington

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