MAYAKOVSKY VLADIMIR (1893-1930) Ya! [I Am!]. Moscow: Typography of S.M. Mukharsky, [1913]

- [15] p., 1 p. portrait: ill.; 24x17 cm. Edition of 300 copies. Publisher's cover by V. Mayakovsky. Lithographic edition from a handwritten text. Portrait of the author by L. Zhegin (Shekhtel). Illustrations in the text by V. Chekrygin and L. Shekhtel. Restoration of pages. The poet's first book. A great rarity. Author's edition. The portrait of Mayakovsky in a wide-brimmed hat was created by Shekhtel (Zhegin). The lithographed text was written by V.N. Chekrygin. The preparation of the collection took two weeks, and at the end of May 1913, it was printed at the "Little Lithography near the Nikolskiye Vorota" - the lithography of Mukharsky. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930) was a Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, screenwriter, film director, film actor, and artist. He is one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century and a classic of Soviet literature. He was also the editor of the journals "LEF" and "Novy LEF." Bibliography: Lesman, No. 1465; Tarasenkov, p. 439; Rozanov, No. 3339; Okhlopkov, p. 118.