SOVIET CHILDREN’S LITERATURE LOTS 88 – 119

88* POLONSKII, VIACHESLAV Russkii revolutsionnyi plakat [The Russian Revolutionary Poster]. Moscow: GIZ, 1925.

Folio, original pictorial boards. One of 3,000 copies of this history of Russian agit-propr posters of the Revolution and immediately after. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white reproductions of works by Deni, Lebedev, Maliutin, Mayakovsky, Radakov and others. Boards heavily worn and backstrip starting to detach; bookplate ex-libris to front pastedown and perforated stamp to title page; a few small tears. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

89* (KULIKOV, AFANASII) FEDORCHENKO, SOFIA Na krylyshkakh. Moscow: GIZ, 1927.

8vo, original lithograph wrappers, unsewn, “Printed in Russia” to upper wrap. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

90* LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR Verkhom [On Horseback]. [St. Petersburg:] GIZ, 1928.

Oblong 4to, original decorative wrappers. First and only edition of this series of black and white lithographs of equestrian circus acts. With two other copies of the same; each with significant chipping and wear to wraps. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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91* (LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR) MARSHAK, SAMUIL Two works by Samuil Marshak illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev, comprisingBagazh [Baggages] and Pudel [Poodle]. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. 2 vols. 8vo, contents stapled in color lithograph wrappers. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

91A* (LEBEDEV, VITALI) MARSHAK, SAMUIL Usatyi Polosatyi [The One with Stripes and Whiskers]. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

4to, original color lithograph wraps. Second edition. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 92* (KONASHEVICH, VLADIMIR) MARSHAK, SAMUIL Pozhar [Fire]. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

8vo, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps, “Printed in Russia” stamped to upper wrap. Heroic public workers are a common theme in Soviet children’s literature. In Pozhar, a Veteran firefighter, Kuzma, and his team save the day. [Together with:] Pochta [Hail to Mail]. Also by Samuil Marshak. Illustrated by S. Sekhanovski. Moscow and Leningrad: GIZ, 1931; Voina s dneprom [Struggle with the Dnepr]. Leningrad: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; V pitomnike Michurina [In Michurin’s Nursery], by Pet Vasil’evich Miturich. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; and Pastukh I kukushki, by Vitali Bianki. [s.l.]: GIZ, 1930. (5 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 93* (GORIAEV, VITALII) MARSHAK, SAMUIL Byl-nebylitsa [A True Story - A Fable]. Moscow: Detgiz, 1947.

4to, original printed boards, cloth-backed, date (“Sep -- 1948”) stamped to upper board and endpaper, “Printed in Soviet Union” stamped to title page. Marshak juxtaposes the privileged classes of the old regime with the hard lives of working people in this collection of poetry. Boards soiled; some brown staining from stapled interior. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

94* MARSHAK, SAMUIL A group of eight works by Samuil Marshak (three duplicates).

Master-lomaster. [Leningrad]: GIZ, 1931. Illustrated by A. Pakhomov; another copy of the same; Machty i krylia. Illustrated by Tatiana Glebova. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; another copy of the same; Detki v kletke. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; another copy of the same; Progulka na osle. Illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev. OGIZ: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932; Voina s dneprom. Illustrated by G. Bibkov. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

95* EMDEN, ESFIR Den [Day] [and] Izvestno li seru? [Does Sir Know?]. [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931, 1932.

2 vols. 8vo and 4to, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. Two satirical works by Esfir Emden. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 96* PAPERNAIA, ESTER SOLOMONOVNA Kak postroili gorod [How They Built the City]. Illustrated by Alisa Poret and L. Kapustina. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932.

Large 8vo, color lithograph wraps, unsewn. Bringing the country together required power plants, construction of factories and the collectivization of farms. A number of children’s books take building such structures as their subject. [Together with:] Kuznetskstroi sotsialisticheskii gigant [and] Komsomol kuznetskstroia, both by M. Gurevich and illustrated by A. Igumnov. OGIZ [Moscow]: GIZ, 1932; Stroika [Building], by I.A. Meksin. Illustrated by Konstantin Vasil’evich Kuznetsov. [s.l.]: GIZ, 1930. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 97* (IZOGIZA, MASTERSKOI) EZHOVA, V. Magnit [The Magnet]. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.

12mo, original lithograph wrap (unsewn). [Together with:] three other works pertaining to science: Rasskazy o tekhnike: pro etu knigu svet bez ogniatelegramma [Stories about the Technique: Light without Fire, the Telegram], by Boris Zhitkov. Illustrated by M. Tsekhanovskogo. Moscow: GIZ, 1942; Zvezdy [The Stars]. Illustrated by D. Mel’nikova. Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932; Vysoko vverkh Gluboko vniz [High Up, Deep Down], by M.O. Gershenzon. Illustrated by A. Brei. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (4 total). Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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97A* (KONDRATOV, FEDOR) KASSIL, LEV ABRAMOVICH Tseppelin [Zeppelin]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1931.

12mo, original color lithograph wraps. [Together with] three others pertaining to transportation: Kolesa [On Wheels], by Samuil Marshak. Illustrated by V. Tambi. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1933; Kniga avarii [The Book of Shipwrecks], by Evgenii Shvarts. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932; Voblakahj, by Olga Deineka. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (4 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 98* RUDERMAN, MIKHAIL ISAAKOVICH Subbotnik [Saturday Worker] [and] Na Kreisere [On a Cruiser]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931, 1932.

2 vols. 8vo, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. [Together with:] four other works illustrating the importance of working together for the greater good: Vasia Shelaev, by Egvenii Shvarts. Illustrated by N. Petrova. OGIZ: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932; Nash ogorod [Our Garden], by Evgenii Shvarts. Leningrad: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Druzhnaia rabota, by Konstantin Kuznetsov. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1930; Kolkhoznaia vesna, by Z. Aleksandrova. OGIZ: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (5 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 99* (TROSHIN, NIKOLAI) DEINEKO, OLGA Ot kauchuka do kaloshi [From Rubber to Galoshes]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

8vo, contents stapled in lithograph wraps. A production book by Olga Deinneko, showing the raw material, here rubber, gleaned from South America (map on the verso to upper wrap), to finished shoes. [Together with:] Shel [Silk], by Olga Trizna. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. From the silk worm to the loom, following the production of silk. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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99A* (POPOVA, LIDIA) GURYAN, OLGA Glinyanyya sheiki. (2 copies) OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

8vo, contents stapled in original color lithograph wraps. Featuring the process of making pottery from clay to final form. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

100* (DENEIKO, OLGA) KASSIL, LEV Tysiachu platev v den [1,000 Dresses a Day]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Large 8vo, color lithograph wraps (unsewn). Featuring a clothing factory making dresses for the upper class. Together with two other production books tracing industries from raw material to finished consumer good: Derevo [Wood], by Alexandr Zaitsev. Leningrad: GIZ, 1930; Maslovod [The Creamery], by I.A. Miller. Illustrated by Pavel Ivanovich Basmanov. [Leningrad]: GIZ, 1931. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 100A* (SMIRNOVA, VERA) KONSTANTINOV, VADIM Zelenoe zoloto [Green Gold]. [3 copies] OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Oblong 8vo, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. [Together with:] Orekhovye Razvedchiki, by N.A. Severin. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (4 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

101* SHTERENBERG, DAVID PETROVICH Chai [Tea]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

8vo, contents stapled in color wraps. First edition of this important product book, which traces the development of tea from its cultivation to the packing of the product in a factory in Moscow. [Together with:] Veselaia pchekla, by Nadezhda Pavlovich. Moscow: GIZ, 1930. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

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102* (PAMIATNYKH-KASHINA NINA) TARAKHOVSKAYA, YELIZAVETA Amare detskii sad [Our Kindergarten]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932.

4to, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). Tarakhovskaya sets out to show how national minorities are cherished in the Soviet Union through a post-revolutionary kindergarten class built for gypsy children. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 103* (ZVONAREVA, TATIANA) FEDOTOV, FEDOR KONSTANTINOVICH Mongoliia [Mongolia]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932.

8vo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). Fedotov’s young Sain-Tsak and his sister Batu in are spurred to abandon their studies with a monk, choosing instead to attend school and join the Young Pioneers Club, upon witnessing a parade of young communists in their town. [Together with] three others showing the rapid transformation of villages through Soviet intervention: Buriatiia, by Evgenii Shvarts. Illustrated by Aleksandra Iakobson. Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1931; Gassan Arabskii Mal’chik [Hassan, Arab Boy], by A. Gelina. Leningrad: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932; Dzhanik i Kiriuasha, by A. Sher. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (4 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 104* KUITATELADZE, A. Gruziia [Georgia]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Large 8vo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). In Stalin’s homeland, of Georgia, illustrations on the left show plowing with oxen, servitude, oppression of women, Muslims at prayer, tyranny and sickness. Illustrations on the right show new ways of life under the Soviet regime, including factories, tractors, hydroelectric dams and people pledging allegiance to the Communist Party. [Together with] five other books juxtaposing the negative aspect of the old world with positive aspects of the new: Ot Moskvy do Bukhary [From Moscow to Bjkhara], by A. Petrova. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Puteshestvie v Batum, by A. Vvedenskii. Illustrated by Tatiana Glebova. OGIZ: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Nashi tropiki, by L. Bruni. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Turkestanskii Khlopok, by Mikhail Rankov and Elena Rodova. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; and Artek, by N. Iznar. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (6 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

105* (PORET, ALISA) MILLAR, I.A. Grazhdanskaia voina [The Civil War]. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Oblong 8vo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). An illustrated history of the civil war, with a map of key battles. [Together with] four other works pertaining to the army of the Soviet Union: Mai, by Agniia Barto and others. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932; another copy of the same; Parad Krasnoi armii [Parade of the Red Army], by Aleksandre Deineka. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Esli budet voina, by M. Ivensen. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (5 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 106* NOVIKOV, P. Voenne lyzhnyi pokhod [The Military Ski Trip] [and] Letom [Summer]. Leningrad: GIZ, 1931.

2 works. Oblong 12mo, contents stapled or folded accordion style in color lithograph wraps. [Together with:] Belyi Stadion, by B. Inozemtsev. Leningrad: GIZ, 1930. Three works featuring winter and summer sporting activities. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

106A* (BASMANOV, PAVEL) DUBIANSKAIA, MARIA Den ptits [The Day of the Birds]. (two copies) OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

12mo, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $50-100 107* (AFANASEVA, ELENA AND I. KULESHOV) KOLYCHEV, OSIP Deti Sovetov [The Children of the Soviets]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1931.

4to, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn), featuring a column of marching children. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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109 108* FREIBERG, P. Nash smotr [Our Parade]. OGIZ: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.

4to, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). Six full page illustrations of children engaged in different activities. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

109* (BREI, ANDREI) ALEKSANDROVA, Z. Veter na rechke [Wind Over the Stream]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1932.

12mo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). Illustrating a summer camp. [Together with] two other books pertaining to summer activities: Kupatsia Katatsia [To Swim To Ride], by Evgenii Shvarts. Illustrated by V. Ermolaeva. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Kross: beg s prepiatstviiami, by P. Novikov. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (3 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

110* (SAKONSKAIA, NINA PAVLOVNA) ULRIKH, E. Smotr igrushek samodelok [The Review of Selfmade Toys]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.

12mo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). An important aspect of Soviet children’s books involved do-it-yourself books, which taught children how to make toys with cut-outs and from natural materials. [Together with] five other works pertaining to toymaking: Stroim dvigateli [We Are Building], by M. Pankov. Illustrated by Lidia Popova and Andrey Nikiforov. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1931; Traferety, by Gromov. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Prygaiut, letaiut, by L. Sinitsyna. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Sami s tisami, by B. Uralskii. Illustrated by Ju Syrneva. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Stroim iz kartona, by A. Laptev. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia 1932. (6 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

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111* (POPOVA, LIDIA) SAKONSKAIA, NINA PAVLOVNA Knizhka eta pro 4 tsveta [Story About 4 Colors]. [Moscow]: GIZ, 1930.

Large 8vo, original color lithograph wraps (unsewn). The story depicts four young girls dressed in red, blue, yellow and green and describes their outfits, illustrated in Popova’s basic bright constructivist forms. [Together with:] Kukly I knigi [Dolls and Books]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. (2 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 111A* SMIRNOVA, VERA Rasskazy ob igrushkakh [Toy Tales]. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.

4to, color lithograph wraps (unsewn). [Together with] three others featuring children playing: Vse vmeste, by Olga Guryan. [Moscow]: GOZID, 1930; Devochka chumazaia [Little Brothers], by Agniia Barto. [s.l.]: Detizdat, 1938; and one other. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 112* (FEDORCHENKO, SOFIA) KONDRATOV, FEDOR Bespokoinye sosedi. [Leningrad]: GIZ, 1930.

8vo, contents stapled in color lithograph wrappers and folded. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

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114* KONDIAIN, ELEANORA Mak i shiski [and] Zheludi i spichki. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Oblong 16mo, contents stapled in color lithgraph wraps. Both works show how to make toys out of natural materials. [Together with] two books pertaining to fruits, vegetables and flowering plants: Tsvetnya zadachi and Moi kraski, by K. Lomovitskii. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Iagodnyi sad, by Eleanora Kondiain. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (5 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 115* BLECK, A. AND LESNIK Kto chto est, v vode [Fish] [with] Kto chto est, bzhuki i babochki [Beetles]. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

Oblong 16mo, original color lithograph wraps. Featuring fish and insects in the center flanked by what they eat, underlining the didactic nature of many animal themes in Soviet children’s literature. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 116* BIANKI, VITALI Teremok. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

4to, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. Featuring various animals in trees. [Together with] five other books pertaining to animals: Shum na dvore, by K. Lomovitskii. [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932. Various barnyard animals are illustrated; Raznye zveri, by Evgenii Cherushin. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Kto? by A. Vvedenkii. Leningrad: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. Regarding the sounds animals make; Barabanshchik sovkhoza, by Nadezhda Pavlovich. [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Dve irki, by I. Zagriaskova. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (6 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

117* BIANKI, VITALI Teremok. (2 copies) OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

4to, contents stapled in color lithograph wraps. [Together with] four other books pertaining to animals: Zimoi I letom [Winter and Summer], by Lesnik. [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Showing animals whose fur changes color in the winter and summer; Raznye zveri, by Evgenii Cherushin. OGIZ [Leningrad]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931; Kto? by A. Vvedenkii. Leningrad: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. Regarding the sounds animals make; Barabanshchik sovkhoza, by Nadezhda Pavlovich. [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. (6 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 118* KOLYCHEV, OSIP Pervaia osen’. Pesni o shkole. OGIZ [Moscow]: Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.

8vo, contents staples in color lithograph wraps. [Together with:] Kuter’ma: zimniaia skazka, by Nikolai Nikolaevich Aseev. Illustrated by Deineka. OGIZ [Moscow:] Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.; and another copy of the same. (3 total) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 118A* (RUSSIAN) A group of four Russian books.

Tatiana Alekseeva Mavrina. By B. Kostin. Moscow, n.d.; Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov. By Ivrina Vasilevna Aleksakhina. Moscow, 1976; Sergei Mikhalkov: ocherk tvorchestva. By V. Bavina. Moscow, 1976; Primetyvremeni. By Sergie Mikhalkov. Moscow, 1976. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $50-100

119* (DLIJA MALENKICH) Two children’s works, comprising Teremok [and] Kolobok. Moscow: Detizdat, 1937, 1938.

18mo, contents stapled in original wraps. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $50-100