MANDEL'SHTAM, Osip Emil'evich (1891-1938), author, and DOBUZHINSKII, Mstislav Valerianovich (1875-1957), illustrator. Primus. Detskie stikhotvoreniia. [The Primus Stove. Poems for Children.] St Petersburg: Vremia, 1925.
The first edition. A very good unrestored copy of one of the rarest Russian children's books. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. Primus is the first and rarest of the children's books produced by Mandel'shtam in this period, with Shary (1926) and Kukhnia (1926). WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia though a copy is at MoMA. Not in the British Library, or in the Mark Rats collection. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1227.
Quarto (290 x 220mm). Colour illustrations throughout (some short marginal tears; some shallow creases). Original colour-printed wrappers (small chips and short tears along the edges; light soiling).
MANDEL'SHTAM, Osip Emil'evich (1891-1938), author, and DOBUZHINSKII, Mstislav Valerianovich (1875-1957), illustrator. Primus. Detskie stikhotvoreniia. [The Primus Stove. Poems for Children.] St Petersburg: Vremia, 1925.
The first edition. A very good unrestored copy of one of the rarest Russian children's books. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. Primus is the first and rarest of the children's books produced by Mandel'shtam in this period, with Shary (1926) and Kukhnia (1926). WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia though a copy is at MoMA. Not in the British Library, or in the Mark Rats collection. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1227.
Quarto (290 x 220mm). Colour illustrations throughout (some short marginal tears; some shallow creases). Original colour-printed wrappers (small chips and short tears along the edges; light soiling).
![MANDEL'SHTAM, Osip Emil'evich (1891-1938), author, and DOBUZHINSKII, Mstislav Valerianovich (1875-1957), illustrator. Primus. Detskie stikhotvoreniia. [The Primus Stove. Poems for Children.] St Petersburg: Vremia, 1925.](/lot-images/6171263/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0176_000(mandelshtam_osip_emilevich_author_and_dobuzhinskii_mstislav_valerianov110838).jpg?maxwidth=3840)