Неизданный Хлебников. Вып. ХVIII: 1912-1914 гг [Khlebnikov Unpublished, Issue 8, 1912-1914]. Moscow: Группа друзей Хлебникова [Friends of Khlebnikov], 1930. Russian. Cover illustration: Natalia Goncharova.
Booklet in a series published posthumously by an organization of friends of the poet Velimir Khlebnikov, containing unpublished writings and compositions. In addition to drafts and previously unpublished versions of poems, the booklet includes two letters sent by Khlebnikov to the avant-garde painter and composer Mikhail Matyushin.
The illustration on the front cover is by the artist Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962), a painter, costume designer, and theater stage designer belonging to the Russian avant-garde movement.
Published in 150 copies.
[1] Printed cover, 16 ff. (printed on one side only), 21.5X16.5 cm. Good condition. Tears to cover, professionally restored. Minor creases and blemishes to edges of several leaves. Back cover possibly not original.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.