This study of Russian design and literature of the 1920s and 1930s emphasizes continuity with the preceding futurist years, and explores the development of graphic design and photomontage in books and journals about theatre and architecture, as well as collections of avant-garde writing.
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This study of Russian design and literature of the 1920s and 1930s emphasizes continuity with the preceding futurist years, and explores the development of graphic design and photomontage in books and journals about theatre and architecture, as well as collections of avant-garde writing.
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Add this copy of Russian Avant-Garde Books, 1917-1934 to cart. $33.00, very good condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by British Library Board.
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Very Good. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, sharp and distinct. Brilliantly conceived endpapers by V. Mayakovsky, "Menacing Laughter, " from 1932. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. [6], 7-175 pp. Nearly 100 illustrations, 16 being in full color. According to the publisher, "This scholarly and accessible study of Russian design and literature of the 1920s and 1930s emphasizes continuity with the preceding futurist years, and explores the development of graphic design and photomontage in books and journals about theatre and architecture, as well as collections of prose and poetry by avant-garde writers, including the Constructivists." Laid in is a Note of Errata. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.
Add this copy of Russian Avant-Garde Books, 1917-1934 to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by British Library Board.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, sharp and distinct. Brilliantly conceived endpapers by V. Mayakovsky, "Menacing Laughter, " from 1932. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. [6], 7-175 pp. Nearly 100 illustrations, 16 being in full color. According to the publisher, "This scholarly and accessible study of Russian design and literature of the 1920s and 1930s emphasizes continuity with the preceding futurist years, and explores the development of graphic design and photomontage in books and journals about theatre and architecture, as well as collections of prose and poetry by avant-garde writers, including the Constructivists." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.
Add this copy of Russian Avant-Garde Books, 1917-1934 to cart. $39.44, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by The British Library Publishing Division.
