MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1897-1930). Fleita pozvonochnik. [The Backbone Flute.] St Petersburg: Vzial [by Osip Brik], 1916. First edition of a major early work by Mayakovsky. A blasphemous, sexually-charged (and heavily censored) poem dedicated to Lilia Brik, the object of Mayakovsky's all-consuming passion. It is this poem that convinced Maxim Gorky of Mayakovsky's genius, and to champion him as Russia's greatest poet when most critics characterised him as a talentless charlatan. One of 600 copies only. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 132-3. Octavo (243 x 167mm). Printed on heavy wove paper. Original stapled wrappers printed in black (repairs to spine and to outer edges, long horizontal repair to lower wrapper).
MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1897-1930). Fleita pozvonochnik. [The Backbone Flute.] St Petersburg: Vzial [by Osip Brik], 1916. First edition of a major early work by Mayakovsky. A blasphemous, sexually-charged (and heavily censored) poem dedicated to Lilia Brik, the object of Mayakovsky's all-consuming passion. It is this poem that convinced Maxim Gorky of Mayakovsky's genius, and to champion him as Russia's greatest poet when most critics characterised him as a talentless charlatan. One of 600 copies only. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 132-3. Octavo (243 x 167mm). Printed on heavy wove paper. Original stapled wrappers printed in black (repairs to spine and to outer edges, long horizontal repair to lower wrapper).
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