MAYAKOVSKY VLADIMIR (1893-1930), AUTOGRAPH Oblako v shtanakh: Tetraptykh: [Poema].[ A Cloud in Trousers] [2nd ed.]. [Moscow]: ASIS, 1918.
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61 p.; 18 cm. Edition of 1500 copies.
In the publisher's typeset cover (typographic design by the author), from part of the edition on white cardboard with a sticker on the front cover: 2nd edition without censorship. In good condition. Minor stains on the cover, moisture stains on the cover and the edges of the title page, the cover is partially separated from the block.
Author's dedicatory inscription on the title page in red pencil: [first two lines illegible] / "Mayakovsky / Café Poetov/ [nrzb] /II 1918".
In the preface to the second edition, the poet called his poetic tetraptych "The Catechism of Today's Art." "Doloy vashu lyubov," "doloy vashe iskusstvo," "doloy vash stroy," "doloy vashu religiyu" - — chetyre krika chetyrekh chastei. Dolg moy vosstanovit' obnarodovat' etu iskazhennuyu i obezhyalonnuyu dorevolyutsionnoy tsenzuroy knigu. ["Down with your love," "down with your art," "down with your order," "down with your religion" — four cries of four parts. My duty is to restore and publish this pre-revolutionary censorship-distorted and emasculated book to the public]. Dedication on p. 5: Tebe Liliya. [To you, Lilia.]
The first complete edition of the poem, without censorship notes.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930) - Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor, and artist. One of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century, a classic of Soviet literature. Editor of the magazines "LEF" and "Novy LEF."
Bibliography: Turchinsky. P. 344; Rozanov. No. 3340; Lesman. No. 1467.