KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1966). 15 Let Russkogo futurizma. [15 Years of Russian Futurism.] Moscow: Vserossiiskii soiuz poetov, 1928. 8° (173 x 132mm). 4 pages of half-tone reproductions, 3 full-page illustrations. (Paper evenly yellowed.) Original wrappers printed in red after a design by Gustav Klutsis (spine ends chipped, spotting, faint dampstains, some soiling). Provenance: Aleksei Kruchenykh (presentation inscription in pencil dated 5 August 1928 to:) -- G. S. Starikov.
KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1966). 15 Let Russkogo futurizma. [15 Years of Russian Futurism.] Moscow: Vserossiiskii soiuz poetov, 1928. 8° (173 x 132mm). 4 pages of half-tone reproductions, 3 full-page illustrations. (Paper evenly yellowed.) Original wrappers printed in red after a design by Gustav Klutsis (spine ends chipped, spotting, faint dampstains, some soiling). Provenance: Aleksei Kruchenykh (presentation inscription in pencil dated 5 August 1928 to:) -- G. S. Starikov.

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KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1966). 15 Let Russkogo futurizma. [15 Years of Russian Futurism.] Moscow: Vserossiiskii soiuz poetov, 1928. 8° (173 x 132mm). 4 pages of half-tone reproductions, 3 full-page illustrations. (Paper evenly yellowed.) Original wrappers printed in red after a design by Gustav Klutsis (spine ends chipped, spotting, faint dampstains, some soiling). Provenance: Aleksei Kruchenykh (presentation inscription in pencil dated 5 August 1928 to:) -- G. S. Starikov.

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. An important overview of the movement, with cover design by Gustav Klutsis, and a previously unpublished poem and self-portrait by Khlebnikov. Further inscribed on the same day in another indistinct hand. MoMa, The Russian Avant Garde Book, 739.

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