Bielev, G'oncho

Bentut Treshti. Provintsialna Khronika (the Dike Thunders. A Provincial Chronicle) [Signed/Inscribed by Author]

Sofiia (Sofia), Narodna Kniga, 1936. First Edition. First edition; 7 x 5; pp. [3], 6-105, [3]; beige wraps, illustrated in black and red; small chips to tips of spine and upper corner of back wrap; minor loss of paper to front wrap, along spine; in about very good condition. Cover art by Veselin Staikov. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. G'oncho Bielev (1889 - 1963) was a Bulgarian author, editor, translator, and librarian. He was a delegate to the Congress of Slavic Emigration in the US in 1946 and wrote his well-known "What I Saw in America," upon his return. His current work, a stand-alone in a trilogy on the lives of everyday people, preceded another series on the subject, but with an autobiographical slant. The creator of the cover art - Veselin Staikov (1906 - 1970) - was a renowned artist, graphic designer, and Professor of illustration and book design at the National Art Academy. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002589

Katalog: Avant-garde

Sonstige Stichworte: Bulgarian Avant-Garde

Orlivna, Halyna (Pseud. for Mnevska, Halyna)

Pered Bramoiu (in Front of the Gate)

Lviv-Kyiv, Vidavnytstvo "Rusalka, 1922. First edition; 7 x 4 3/4; pp. [1], 4-46, [2]; green wraps, designed and illustrated by Pavlo Kovzhun; light, uniform age-toning to text; leaves a bit brittle along edges, with a few small chips; small manuscript note and bookshop stamp to title page; overall in very good condition. Halyna Mnevska, writing under the pseudonym Halyna Orlivna (1895 - 1955) was a Ukrainian author, political activist, and wife of journalist and poet Klym Polishchuk (1891 - 1937). Having Tolstoy and his works as literary inspirations, Halyna went to his funeral and was known to have kept for years a handful of soil and a dried chrysanthemum from the grave of "The Giant." After marrying Polishchuk, the couple lived and worked in Western Ukraine, still under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where Halyna wrote for several emigre journals and published two novels, the second being the current book. She was arrested for anti-Soviet activities in 1931 and spent 5 years in exile in Kazakhstan. Thhe creator of the cover art - Pavlo Kovzhun (1896 - 1939) - was a leading Ukrainian artist, Avant-garde graphic designer, illustrator, and co-organizer of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists. He was also a co-founder of the first organization of Ukrainian Futurists in Kiev and, later, served as a Leutenant in the UNRA. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002805

Katalog: Avant-garde

Sonstige Stichworte: Ukraine, Avant-Garde

Shervinskii, E.; Shchusev, Aleksei; et al; [Illustrated by]Vesnin, Aleksandr; et al

Arkhitektura. Ezhemesiachnik, 3-5 (Architecture. Monthly Review, No. 1-2)

Moskva (Moscow), Moskovskoie Arkhitekturnoie Obshchestvo, 1923. First editions, 1 of 2000 copies, issue1-2, bound with the wraps of issue 3-5 (publisher's error); rebound in (unfortunately-garish burgundy, green, and yellow) felt-over-boards, with the original wraps bound-in; 12 1/2 x 10; pp. [1], 2-50 +14 pp. of publisher's advertisements; illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings; repair of 2"-loss of paper to fore-edge and very faint traces of erased pencil notes to front wrap; back hinge and gutter between pp. 6 and 7 of the advertisements reinforced with more-recent strips of linen; in about good to very good condition. With an introductory article by Aleksei Shchusev, "Arkhitektura" would be the first architectural magazine in the Soviet Union. Shchusev (1873 - 1949) was a renowned Russian architect, said to have bridged the Russian Revival-style architecture of Imperial Russia and the Socialist Classicism-style under Stalin. He also thought at Vkhutemas in the early 1920s. Turning to Constructivism after 1920, some of his most famous designs included the Kazan Railway Station (part of the Trans-Siberian Railway), and the Ministry of Agriculture in Moscow. Lenin's Mausoleum had also been attributed to him, although, later, it was allegedly proven that one of his architects, Jewish-Russian Izidor Frantsuz, was the true designer, but the Soviet Government wanted to cover the Jewish origin of the creator. Of only two double numbers (1-2 and 3-5) ever published, this one began, interestingly enough, with two articles, which featured several photographs of grain elevators in Buffalo, New York. It also contained chapters on the Kremlin restorations in 1917 and 1922, the contest for the overall design of the the First Russian Agricultural Exhibition, etc. The cover design of the journal was created by Aleksandr Vesnin (1883 - 1959) - architect, a leading figure of Constructivist architecture, graphic artist, and theater designer. Good .

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Buchzahl: 002872

Katalog: Avant-garde

Sonstige Stichworte: California-Vbf, Architecture, Avant-Garde, Constructivism