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BLOK, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1880-1921, author) and ANNENKOV, Iurii Pavlovich (1889-1974, illustrator). Dvenadtsat. [The Twelve.] St Petersburg: Alkonost, 1918.
The rare first edition, in the original wrappers. One of only 300 copies, this one numbered 119 and initialed by Annenkov. Dvenadtsat is one of the most important poems in Russian, one of the first artistic responses to the October Revolution, and a masterpiece of book illustration. RBH and ABPC record only one other copy of this edition having sold at auction, that one in a modern binding without the wrappers (Christie's South Kensington, 25 November 2014, lot 164). MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 170.
Folio (314 x 245mm). Complete with 15 full-page illustrations and 9 vignettes by Annenkov, all printed on thick laid paper (occasional negligible soiling). Original illustrated wrappers printed in red and black (light wear and short tears at the extremities).
The rare first edition, in the original wrappers. One of only 300 copies, this one numbered 119 and initialed by Annenkov. Dvenadtsat is one of the most important poems in Russian, one of the first artistic responses to the October Revolution, and a masterpiece of book illustration. RBH and ABPC record only one other copy of this edition having sold at auction, that one in a modern binding without the wrappers (Christie's South Kensington, 25 November 2014, lot 164). MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 170.
Folio (314 x 245mm). Complete with 15 full-page illustrations and 9 vignettes by Annenkov, all printed on thick laid paper (occasional negligible soiling). Original illustrated wrappers printed in red and black (light wear and short tears at the extremities).
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