EKZEMPLYARSKY P.M. (1884-1947), AUTOGRAPH Ivanovo-Voznesenskiy proletariat v bor’be za vlast’ Sovetov [The Ivanovo-Voznesensk Proletariat in the Struggle for Soviet Power] / compiled by M.K. Dianova, P.M. Ekzemplyarsky; edited by M.N. Kadykov, G.A. Kiselev, I.P. Kosarev, V.P. Kuznetsov. Ivanovo-Voznesensk: Osnova, 1927.

151 pp.: portraits; 23 x 15 cm. Print run of 2,000 copies. Cover title: Za vlast’ Sovetov [For Soviet Power]. In the publisher’s illustrated wrapper by an artist signing with the monogram ‘Vl. Zakh.’. In good condition. Minor rubbing and soiling to the wrapper, minor creasing of its edges. Presentation inscription by one of the compilers on the title page: ‘To dear Mikhail Porfirievich Sokolnikov 12. II. 1928 P. Ekzemplyarsky’. Pavel Mikhailovich Ekzemplyarsky (1884-1947) was a Russian Soviet historian, local historian and teacher, a specialist in the history of the city and region of Ivanovo and author of the fundamental ‘History of the City of Ivanovo’. Mikhail Porfirievich Sokolnikov (1898-1979) was a Russian Soviet art historian, man of letters and journalist, one of the founders of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR, art editor of the ‘Academia’ publishing house and Honoured Worker of Culture of the RSFSR. Under his editorship the unique 1934 edition of ‘The Tale of Igor’s Campaign’ appeared, with expressive illustrations by the famous Palekh miniaturist Ivan Golikov.