Kak rubanok sdelal rubanok.
LEBEDEV, W. Kak rubanok sdelal rubanok. By Samuel Marschak. 12 pp., illustrated throughout by Lebedev. Folio, 280 x 215 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Leningrad: Raduga, 1927.
First edition of this classic Russian children's book with illustrations by Lebedev. In this anthropomorphic poem, "How a plane made a plane," an old carpenter's plane realizes he can no longer do his job. With the help of his friends, the saw, mallet, and chisel, the plane creates a new young plane, his "grandson," who will take his place.
A fine copy, rare with OCLC listing copies at Princeton, NYPL, University of Washington and the Toronto Public Library.
Item nr. 165366
Price:
$1,500.00