GONCHAROVA, Natalia, LARIONOV, Mikhail (illustrators), and ZDANEVICH, Il'ya (as S. Khudakov), and others (authors). Oslinii khvost i mishen [Donkey's Tale and Target.] Moscow: Ts. A. Myunster, 1913. 4° (307 x 235mm). With errata slip. 10 lithographed vignettes tipped-in, as issued, 19 plates after Larionov, Goncharova, Shevchenko and others. (Dampstain and light wear in some margins.) Original white, printed wrappers (spine and lower cover lacking, these supplied in paper, worn, soiled).
GONCHAROVA, Natalia, LARIONOV, Mikhail (illustrators), and ZDANEVICH, Il'ya (as S. Khudakov), and others (authors). Oslinii khvost i mishen [Donkey's Tale and Target.] Moscow: Ts. A. Myunster, 1913. 4° (307 x 235mm). With errata slip. 10 lithographed vignettes tipped-in, as issued, 19 plates after Larionov, Goncharova, Shevchenko and others. (Dampstain and light wear in some margins.) Original white, printed wrappers (spine and lower cover lacking, these supplied in paper, worn, soiled).

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GONCHAROVA, Natalia, LARIONOV, Mikhail (illustrators), and ZDANEVICH, Il'ya (as S. Khudakov), and others (authors). Oslinii khvost i mishen [Donkey's Tale and Target.] Moscow: Ts. A. Myunster, 1913. 4° (307 x 235mm). With errata slip. 10 lithographed vignettes tipped-in, as issued, 19 plates after Larionov, Goncharova, Shevchenko and others. (Dampstain and light wear in some margins.) Original white, printed wrappers (spine and lower cover lacking, these supplied in paper, worn, soiled).

FIRST EDITION. Includes Larionov's rayist manifesto, and an article by Zdanevich with striking typography in which lines of verse are arranged in rays. With 10 Larionov lithographed vignettes. One of the larger avant garde publications of the period, and often found in poor condition. One of 550 copies only. Hellyer 405; MoMA, The Russian Avant Garde Book, p.88.

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