Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

"The year 1905," by Boris Pasternak – Moscow-Leningrad, 1927 – Cover Design by Vladimir Roskin

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девятьсот пятый год [The year 1905], by Boris Pasternak. Moscow-Leningrad (Moscow-St. Petersburg): Государственное издательство [State Publisher], 1927. Russian. First Edition. Cover Design: Vladimir Roskin.
First edition of Boris Pasternak's renowned epic poem dealing with the Revolution of 1905. The cover was designed by Vladimir Osipovich Roskin (1896-1984), a prominent Russian painter, poster artist, and graphic designer of Jewish origin.
100 pp., 17.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and tears to edges of cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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