Grishashvili, Ioseb. Six Poems (Ekvsi leksi / Shest' stikhotvorenii). Autograph (facsimile) edition. Tbilisi, 1930. In Georgian.

გრიშაშვილი, იოსებ. ექვსი ლექსი : ავტოგრაფული გამოცემა
ტფილისი : საქართველოს სსრ პოლიგრაფტრესტის პირველი სტამბა, 1930. [16] გვერდი.
ნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 18 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 5000 ეგზემპლარი.
მთლიანი ტექსტი წარმოადგენს ავტორის ხელნაწერის ლითოგრაფიულ რეპროდუქციას.
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Grishashvili, Ioseb. Six Poems (Ekvsi leksi). Autograph (facsimile) edition.
Tbilisi : Polygraph Trust First Press, 1930. [16] unnumbered pages.
Paper wrappers. 18 cm. Print run of 5,000 copies.
The entire text is a lithographic facsimile of the author's original manuscript.
Condition fair: wrappers and text leaves are heavily age-toned with visible moisture staining along the upper margins throughout; text block remains firm, complete, and fully legible.

Ioseb Grishashvili (1889-1965) was a deeply beloved Georgian poet, academician, and the ultimate literary historian of old Tbilisi. Renowned for his bohemian, urban lyricism that captured the vibrant, multicultural life of the Caucasian capital, his poetry successfully bridged the gap between traditional ashug (troubadour) verse and modern Georgian literature. This specific 1930 publication, "Ekvsi leksi" (Six Poems), is an exceptional typographical artifact: an "autograph edition" (avtograpuli gamotsema). Rather than being typeset in standard Georgian fonts, the entire booklet, from the cover and title page to the poems themselves, was produced as a lithographic facsimile of Grishashvili's own elegant cursive handwriting. The collection gathers some of his most characteristic urban poems, including "The Fate of Geniuses in the Tiflis Bazaar" and "Conversation with a Typesetter During the Printing of My Book." Producing such facsimile editions of a living poet's manuscript was a sophisticated nod to the visual aesthetics of poetry and bookmaking in early Soviet Georgia. Although issued in a print run of 5,000 copies, fragile paper-bound pamphlets of this era, especially those with such unique typographical features, have suffered high attrition rates. Despite the moisture staining typical of its age, it remains a highly desirable piece for collectors of Georgian literary avant-garde, Caucasian book arts, and early Soviet typography.