Ильф, И., Петров, Е. Как создавался Робинзон / художник Вл. Козлинский. Первое полное издание.
Москва : Советская литература, 1933. 327, [5] с., ил.
Твердый издательский переплет, частичная издательская суперобложка. 17,5х13 см. Тираж 20 000 экз.
Переплет - очень хорошее: чистый яркий картон, минимальный износ уголков. Суперобложка - удовлетворительное: значительные разрывы и утраты крупных фрагментов. Блок - хорошее: крепкий, страницы чистые, без фоксингов.
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Ilf, I., Petrov, E. How Robinson Was Created / illustrator Vl. Kozlinsky. First complete edition.
Moscow : Sovetskaya literatura, 1933. 327, [5] pp., ill.
Original publisher's hardcover, partial original dust jacket. 17.5x13 cm. Print run of 20,000 copies.
Binding very good: bright and clean yellow boards, minimal corner wear. Dust jacket fair: significant tears and large losses to panels and spine. Text block good: firm and internally clean, free of foxing.
A magnificent and rare first complete edition of "How Robinson Was Created", a celebrated collection of satirical stories and feuilletons by the legendary Soviet comedic duo Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (1903-1942). The title story famously mocks the rigid Soviet bureaucracy and censorship that forces an author to transform an adventurous Robinson Crusoe-style novel into a dull industrial propaganda piece. The book is brilliantly illustrated by Vladimir Kozlinsky (1891-1967), a prominent Russian avant-garde artist, graphic designer, and master of the linocut. His witty, expressive line drawings perfectly capture the biting satire of Ilf and Petrov's prose. Early 1930s Soviet editions in their original dust jackets are exceptionally scarce, as these fragile paper covers were typically discarded or destroyed by use. While the striking black-and-yellow dust jacket here is only partially preserved, its mere presence remains a significant bibliographical bonus. A highly collectible artifact of early Soviet satirical literature and graphic design.