{"product_id":"leonidze-giorgi-single-volume-edition-poems-epic-poems-erttomeuli-tbilisi-1954-in-georgian","title":"Leonidze, Giorgi. Single-Volume Edition: Poems, Epic Poems (Ert't'omeuli). Tbilisi, 1954. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eლეონიძე, გიორგი. ერთტომეული : ლექსები, პოემები \/ რედაქტორი შალვა აფხაიძე ; მხატვარი გ. გორდელაძე.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : სახელმწიფო გამომცემლობა (სახელგამი), 1954. 640 გვერდი, 1 ჩართული ფურცელი პორტრეტით.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. 23 სანტიმეტრი. ტირაჟი 7 000 ეგზემპლარი.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eLeonidze, Giorgi. Single-Volume Edition: Poems, Epic Poems \/ editor Shalva Abkhaidze ; illustrator G. Gordeladze.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : State Publishing House (Sakhelgami), 1954. 640 pp., 1 inserted portrait plate.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. 23 cm. Print run of 7,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: binding shows light rubbing to corners and spine extremities; text block is firm, pages are clean and well-preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive mid-century collected edition of works by Giorgi Leonidze (1899–1966), one of the titans of twentieth-century Georgian poetry and a towering figure in the Soviet literary establishment. Initially associated with the avant-garde \"Blue Horns\" (Tsisperqantselebi) symbolist group in the 1910s and 1920s, Leonidze later transitioned to a monumental, patriotic, and highly refined classical style that seamlessly integrated the rich vocabulary of ancient Georgian chronicles with contemporary Soviet themes. This substantial 640-page \"Ert't'omeuli\" (Single-Volume Edition), published by the State Publishing House (Sakhelgami) in 1954, gathers his most celebrated lyric poems and epic narratives (poemy). Notably, it features a fine portrait of the author and an elegant blue cloth binding with gold stamping. Produced in a relatively limited print run of 7,000 copies for a major state author of that era, high-quality mid-1950s Soviet Georgian hardcovers in such robust condition have become increasingly scarce on the international market. It stands as an essential volume for collectors and scholars of Caucasian literary history, representing the stylistic zenith of Georgian Soviet classicism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44586702209066,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8764_f09013a7-5d3d-4308-8bfe-4147c22b5ff0.jpg?v=1784290229","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/leonidze-giorgi-single-volume-edition-poems-epic-poems-erttomeuli-tbilisi-1954-in-georgian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}