St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii univ, 2015. sewn pb. The artists and writers in Maiakovskii's circle worked closely together, and Maiakovskii himself was both poet and artist; the illustrations published here are an integral part of this edition. Some were published for "The Backbone Flute"; others illustrate the text, and many show... More

St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii univ, 2014. sewn pb. Publication of photomontages by one of the less well-known artists of the avant-garde demonstrates that the techniques and styles of avant-garde art constituted a movement, an aesthetic in wide practice; the giants like Malevich, Tatlin, Lisetskii, and Rodchenko were only the most talented... More

St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii univ, 2018. Sewn cl. The irony of the Soviet authorities' banning a book glorifying the Komsomol (Communist Youth League) because its preface was written by a disgraced revolutionary is pungent. The propaganda of the poem cloys but typifies the revolutionary period; it was written for publication in... More

Moscow: Sovetskaia Rossiia, 1980. Sewn cl. This facsimile of a manuscript in the State Historical Museum in Moscow  has about thirty illuminations covering full pages, which recount in images the crucial episodes leading up to and following the historical encounter between the Russian and Tartar troops. Praying to wonder-working saints, blessing... More