1/4 Deviatogo. [Quarter Past Eight.]
[Petrograd, Segodnia, 1919].
The Kharkiv journal Tvorchestvo wrote of the group, 'The destruction of the printing business gave birth to a new kind of "artisanal" art publishing. An artel has appeared in Petrograd where the poets and artists make and print the engravings themselves. One can find a certain consolation in the fact that the modern crisis forces us to return to the old yet beautiful handcrafted methods'. Of all of Segodnia's publications, Annenkov's 1/4 Deviatogo is particularly striking and decidedly rare. It is also the first of Annenkov's books where he wrote the text as well as providing the illustrations.
First edition, small 8vo (20.4 x 15 cm); 4pp., illustrated with linoleum cut illustrations after Annenkov; original printed wrappers, slightly faded wrapper otherwise a very good and fresh example.
Rowell 216.
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