LESKOV, N. S.. (Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky illus)

Original printed card covers, lap edges, good quality paper all round. Minor damage to spine tail, covers a little darkened, stain affecting top-edge, inner joint cracked. Complete and generally a good copy of this very scarce item. No 1134 of 1500 only. Collectable; Good A delightful edition with illustrated covers, title, capitals and both in-text and full page illustrations and vignettes by Dobuzhinsky. Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, painter, graphic artist and theatre designer. In his art he "...had a love of the grotesque and potentially fantastic aspects of everyday life..." John Milner pp. 124-127