Vartagava. The Creative Work of Mikheil Javakhishvili: A Critical Review (Mikheil Javakhishvilis shemokmedeba). 1928. In Georgian.

ვართაგავა, იპოლიტე / მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილის შემოქმედება : კრიტიკული განხილვა / სერია: ქართული კულტურის მოყვარულთა საზოგადოება, N 1.
ტფილისი : ქართული კულტურის მოყვარულთა საზოგადოება (პოლიგრაფსკოლის სტამბა), 1928. 48 გვერდი.
ნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 22 სმ. ტირაჟი 3 000 ცალი.
მდგომარეობა კარგი: გარეკანს აქვს მცირე ცვეთა და მცირე ჩამოხეული ადგილები ყდის ზურგზე, ბლოკის ფურცლები თანაბრად გაყვითლებულია, მტკიცე და სუფთა.
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Vartagava, Ipolite / The Creative Work of Mikheil Javakhishvili : A Critical Review / Series: Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture, No. 1.
Tbilisi : Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture (Polygraph School Press), 1928. 48 pages.
Paper wrappers. 22 cm. Print run of 3,000 copies.
Condition good: wrappers show minor edge wear and small tears along the spine, text leaves are evenly age-toned, block is firm and clean.

A scarce and historically significant work of early Soviet Georgian literary criticism, analyzing the output of Mikheil Javakhishvili, one of the most celebrated Georgian novelists of the twentieth century. Authored by the prominent critic and publicist Ipolite Vartagava (1870-1967), this booklet was published in 1928 as the inaugural issue of the independent "Society of Lovers of Georgian Culture" series. At the time of publication, Javakhishvili was at the height of his creative powers, having recently published masterpieces such as "Kvachi Kvachantiradze" and "Jaqo's Dispossessed." Vartagava's critical review captures the vibrant, yet increasingly tense literary atmosphere of 1920s Tbilisi, before the absolute imposition of Socialist Realism. Tragically, Javakhishvili's independent spirit led to his arrest and execution during the Great Purge of 1937, after which his works were banned and removed from libraries for nearly two decades. Contemporary lifetime monographs dedicated to his writing are therefore exceptionally poignant and rare. Produced in a modest print run of 3,000 copies, fragile literary pamphlets of this era are seldom found intact. This well-preserved copy in its original paper wrappers is a highly desirable artifact for collectors of Caucasian literature, literary historiography, and Kartvelology.