Perysko Finista iasna sokola (Fenist the falcon)
- Softcover
- Sankt-Peterburg: Dozvoleno Tsenzuroyu, 1902
Sankt-Peterburg: Dozvoleno Tsenzuroyu, 1902. Original. Softcover. NF interior but with chipping and cover separation at spine and one small tear at right edge of front cover and significant tear at middle of leaft edge. I. Billibin. Beige, color-illustrated wraps with Old Russian lettering; 12 pp. with 5 color illustrations. Folio size. Text in Old Russian, with separate English translation (see below). The original edition, published in 1902. Original, hand-tinted chromolithograph illustrations with gold illumination in the traditional Russian Art Nouveau style of the period. From the "Skazki" series of Russian folk tales. Very scarce in this original edition. (Includes a photocopy of 4-page booklet with English translation, published by Russian Peasant Industries, London.).
Details
Title
Perysko Finista iasna sokola (Fenist the falcon)
Author
Zheleznova, Irina
Binding
Softcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Dozvoleno Tsenzuroyu: Sankt-Peterburg
Date
1902
Edition
Original