Anthology of Georgian Soviet Poetry (Antologiya gruzinskoy sovetskoy poezii). Tbilisi: Merani, 1971. In Russian

Anthology of Georgian Soviet Poetry (Antologiya gruzinskoy sovetskoy poezii). Tbilisi: Merani, 1971. In Russian

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Anthology of Georgian Soviet Poetry (Antologiya gruzinskoy sovetskoy poezii). Tbilisi: Merani, 1971. In Russian
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Anthology of Georgian Soviet Poetry (Antologiya gruzinskoy sovetskoy poezii). Tbilisi: Merani, 1971. In Russian

$80.00

Антология грузинской советской поэзии / редакционная коллегия: Г. Г. Абашидзе, В. Д. Жгенти, М. И. Златкин, К. Р. Каладзе, Л. Г. Каландадзе, А. П. Межиров, И. Э. Нонешвили.
Тбилиси : Мерани, 1971. 
[8], 380, [4] с. : ил., портр. ; 30 см (очень большой формат).
Портреты грузинских поэтов выполнены художниками З. Нижарадзе и Т. Мирзашвили. Графическое оформление Д. Дундуа и О. Джишкариани. Художественный редактор А. Сарчимелидзе. Редактор М. Бирюкова.
Тираж 3 000 экз. 
Тканевый издательский переплёт (насыщенно-красная ткань, золотое тиснение названия, красные тиснёные орнаментальные розетки на корешке), художественные форзацы (серебристый геометрический орнамент), в оригинальной иллюстрированной суперобложке.
Суперобложка - удовлетворительное состояние. Переплёт - очень хорошее состояние: чистый, тиснение яркое. Блок - отличное состояние: чистый, полный, все портретные иллюстрации на месте.
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Anthology of Georgian Soviet Poetry / editorial board: G. G. Abashidze, V. D. Zhgenti, M. I. Zlatkin, K. R. Kaladze, L. G. Kalandadze, A. P. Mezhirov, I. E. Noneshvili.
Tbilisi: Merani, 1971. 
[8], 380, [4] pp., illustrated with portraits ; 30 cm (very large format).
Portraits of the Georgian poets by artists Z. Nizharadze and T. Mirzashvili. Graphic design by D. Dundua and O. Dzhishkariani. Art editor A. Sarchimelidze. Editor M. Biryukova.
Print run of 3,000 copies. 
Publisher's original cloth binding (deep red cloth, gilt-stamped title, red-stamped ornamental rosettes along the spine), decorative endpapers (silver geometric pattern), in the original illustrated dust jacket.
Dust jacket fair. Binding very good: clean, bright gilt. Text block fine: clean and complete, all portrait illustrations present.

A handsomely produced anniversary anthology gathering Russian-language translations of Georgian Soviet poetry, published by Merani in 1971 to mark the 50th jubilee of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The publisher's foreword frames the volume explicitly within this commemorative context, presenting five decades of Georgian poetry under Soviet rule as a chronicle of the republic's "social and national rebirth." The anthology assembles work by multiple generations of twentieth-century Georgian poets in Russian translation, each represented with a brief introductory portrait illustration. This format gives the book something of the character of a portrait gallery of modern Georgian letters. The volume was a substantial production undertaking for its time: a large-format cloth binding with gilt and colored stamping, illustrated endpapers, individually commissioned poet portraits, and an accompanying pictorial dust jacket, issued in a modest run of 3,000 copies. As both a literary anthology and an artifact of Soviet Georgian cultural self-presentation at a symbolic anniversary moment, it holds interest for collectors of twentieth-century Georgian literature in translation and of Soviet-era anniversary and jubilee publishing.

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