Skip to content
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED | EXPERT ADVICE
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED

Zheleznaia Doroga [The Railway].

Sold

Zheleznaia Doroga [The Railway].

Sold
Stock Code 111527

Leningrad, Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1929

Vvedensky was one of the great modern Russian absurdist writers, who was arrested along with Daniil Kharms during Stalin's political purges and died mysteriously in the gulag. His children's books were banned and confiscated and are now of great rarity. Zheleznaia Doroga is one of the best collaborations between the two leading figures of the Soviet avant-garde in the 1920s. Alisa Poret (1902-1984) studied under Petrov-Vodkin at Vkhutein and from 1926 under Pavel Filonov.

In typical Soviet fashion the book romanticises the strength of the railway to transport people across the fields, valleys, and steppes whatever the weather. The train engineer looks remarkably like Daniil Kharms who as well as being a close friend of Vvedenskiy was also Poret's lover.

Scarce. Worldcat locates four copies: Columbia, LoC, Getty Research Institute, and Princeton

Sole edition, square 8vo (23 x 19.3 cm); 10pp., illustrations after Poret throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

About us

Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

Read more

About us

Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

Read more

Zheleznaia Doroga [The Railway].

VVEDENSKY, Alexander Ivanovich; PORET, Alisa (illustrator).

Stock code: 111527

Sold
Register your interest
Notify me when there is a similar copy

THE BOND STREET EXPERIENCE

An exceptional experience in the heart of London’s Mayfair for not only seasoned collectors but those considering purchasing their first rare book or print.

Guaranteed Authenticity
GUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY
International Delivery
INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY
Meet Our Booksellers
MEET OUR BOOKSELLERS
Free Gift Wrapping
FREE GIFT WRAPPING

BOOK COLLECTING IDEAS

Your cart is empty

Continue shopping

Basket