8 vo, publisher´s red floral cotton print (chintz) on card-board binding designed by I. Nikolaevtsev.Cotton print designed by P. G. Leonov. Decorative label with geometrical design and text pasted on front cover. Very good to mint.
Collection of doctored oral history 'folklore and skazy' of Ivanovo textile workers.Compiled by a literary hack from the Union of Soviet writers. High quality paper ( reparations from Germany ?).Binding was made in two versions: in blue cotton print (chintz), designed by L. N. Provorova, and in red cotton print (chintz) , designed by P. G. Leonov.Copies in red cotton print (chintz) binding are rare on Russian antiquarian book market.Attractive and desired collector´s item in unusual Soviet binding of 1940s. |