Pushkin, Marshak, Barto, et al. Lot of 16 Rare Soviet and Pre-Revolutionary Children's Books, 1903–1961. In Russian.

Lot of 16 Rare Children's Books.
1. Pushkin, A. S. The Tale of the Golden Cockerel. Ill. B. Zvorykin. — Moscow: A. A. Levenson, 1903.
2. Amusing Rhymes. V. Gospodinova; ill. G. Popov. — Sofia: Bulgarian Artist, 1961. — 16 pp.
3. Karaliychev, A. The Hungry Wolf; The Foolish Bear. Ill. S. Anastasova. — Sofia: Bulgarian Artist, 1958.
4. Native Pictures. 19th-Century Poets. Ill. P. Basmanov. — Leningrad: Detgiz, 1956. — 28 pp.
5. Barto, A. The Rude Little Bear. Ill. V. Suteev. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1956. — 8 pp.
6. Chukovsky, K. Muddle. Ill. V. Konashevich. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1957.
7. Berezin, N. D. The Real Fishing Rod. Ill. M. Lyangleben. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1960.
8. Kurlat, I. The Cloud Settled on the Roof. Ill. T. Ilyina. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1958. — 32 pp.
9. Marshak, S. A Gift for Everyone. Ill. A. Yakobson. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1959. — 16 pp.
10. Mamsurov, D. Bip-Bip the Crane. Ill. A. Shmarinov. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1959. — 36 pp.
11. Marshak, S. The House That Jack Built. Ill. V. Tauber. — Moscow: Children’s World, 1958. — 8 pp.
12. Who Got Scared. Albanian Folk Tale. Ill. V. Tsigal. — Moscow: Detgiz, 1957. — 12 pp.
13. By the Pike’s Command. Russian Folk Tales. Ill. L. Korostyshevsky. — Petrozavodsk: Karelian ASSR State Publishing, 1958. — 39 pp.
14. Tudorash, A. The Forest Circus. Ill. Dema. — Bucharest: Youth Publishing, 1956. — 28 pp.
15. Zolotov, V. The Adventures of the Little Salmon. Ill. T. Livshits. — Moscow: Soviet Russia, 1959. — 21 pp.
16. Sauchuk, D. Fireflies — Forest Nightlights. Ill. K. Ottone. — Bucharest: Youth Publishing, 1957. — 40 pp.

This exceptional lot of sixteen children's books represents a cross-section of the highest achievements in Russian and Soviet book illustration from the early 20th century through the "Thaw" era. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the evolution of the illustrated book, starting with the magnificent pre-revolutionary edition of Alexander Pushkin’s The Tale of the Golden Cockerel (1903). Published by the legendary A. A. Levenson partnership and featuring the luxurious, folklore-inspired chromaticism of Boris Zvorykin, this volume stands as a peak of the Russian "Style Moderne." Moving into the Soviet period, the collection highlights the pedagogical and artistic mastery of the 1950s, with cornerstone works such as Korney Chukovsky’s Muddle illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich and Agniya Barto’s The Rude Little Bear with the iconic, playful sketches of Vladimir Suteev.
The physical identity of these volumes captures the diverse aesthetic movements of the era, from the traditional realism of Pavel Basmanov in Native Pictures to the expressive graphic styles found in international socialist collaborations from Sofia and Bucharest. These later editions, such as the Albanian and Bulgarian folk tales, demonstrate the expansive cultural reach of Soviet children's publishing (Detgiz) and its commitment to folklore from the Eastern Bloc and national republics. Each book serves as a vital primary source for studying the synthesis of text and image, documenting the exact moment when the "Grand Style" of the early century transitioned into the vibrant, accessible, and highly artistic mass editions of the mid-Soviet period. For bibliophiles and collectors of children's literature, this lot offers an indispensable survey of the artists who defined the visual childhood of generations.