The publisher's original fair copy of Chorny's Children's Island [Detsky Ostrov], with 117 pages of handwritten by the poet autographs of his poems and 36 Grigoriev's original ink and wash drawings for the illustrations. [ Published: Berlin: Slovo, [1921]]

172 pages (size varies, sheets approximately 11 x 8 1/2 in.; 279 x 216 mm), comprising autograph copy of Chrony's poems in black and blue ink, 117 pages with a few manuscript corrections, and 22 full-page and 14 other (half-page and smaller) original drawings (ink and wash) by Grigoriev; minor wear and fraying at the right edges of a few leaves. Bound up in half cloth, patterned boards, with the hand-colored lithographed cover illustration of the first edition affixed to the front cover; worn at edges, lithograph with some damp staining and browning.

Provenance: Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts lot 201 14 Jun 2016 | New York


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