Gaidar, Arkady. To Children: Novellas (Detyam. Povesti). Illustrated by Yu. Danilov. Leningrad: Detskaya literatura, 1984. In Russian.

Гайдар, Аркадий Петрович. Детям : Повести / рисунки Ю. Данилова.
Ленинград : Издательство «Детская литература», 1984. 152 страницы, цветные иллюстрации.
Твердый издательский ледериновый переплет. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 100 000 экземпляров.
Состояние очень хорошее. Переплет чистый, тиснение яркое и не затертое. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы чистые, без владельческих помет, надрывов и загрязнений.
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Gaidar, Arkady Petrovich. To Children : Novellas / illustrations by Yu. Danilov.
Leningrad : "Detskaya literatura" Publishing House, 1984. 152 pages, color illustrations.
Original publisher's leatherette hardcover. Enlarged (encyclopedic) format. Print run of 100,000 copies.
Condition very good. Binding is clean, foil stamping is bright and intact. Text block is firm, pages are clean, crisp, and free of ownership marks or tears.

A beautifully illustrated, large-format Soviet edition of classic children's novellas by Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941), a quintessential and foundational figure of Soviet youth literature. Published in Leningrad in 1984, this collection is brought to life by the evocative and atmospheric color illustrations of Yuri Danilov. Danilov's artwork, particularly his snowy landscapes and expressive character portraits, perfectly captures the adventurous and moral spirit of Gaidar's most beloved tales, including the famous winter story "Chuk and Gek" (featured prominently in the illustrations). Bound in an elegant light-grey leatherette with delicate decorative stamping, this volume exemplifies the high production quality of Soviet children's publishing in the 1980s.