"Iambs", by Alexander Blok – St. Petersburg, 1919 / "The State Program for Literature", Anthology of the Literary ...

"Iambs", by Alexander Blok – St. Petersburg, 1919 / "The State Program for Literature", Anthology of the Literary Center of Constructivists – Moscow-Leningrad, 1925 – Cover Designs by Nikolai Kupriyanov
Two books with covers designed by Nikolai Kupriyanov (Николай Купреянов, 1894-1933) – a painter, printmaker and graphic designer, born in Włocławek (today in Poland).
1. Ямбы [Iambs], by Alexander Blok. St. Petersburg: Алконост (Alkonost), 1919. First edition. Russian. Front cover illustration by Nikolai Kupriyanov. Publishing house logo by Yury Annenkov.
[33] pp, [3] leaves, approx. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Uneven edges. Stains and minor blemishes to cover. Stamps and pen nonation on inside back cover.
2. Госплан литературы. Сборник литературного центра конструктивистов [The State Program for Literature. Anthology of the Literary Center of Constructivists], edited by Korneliy Zelinsky and Ilya Selvinsky. Moscow-Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Круг (Krug), [1925]. Russian. Cover design by Nikolai Kupriyanov.
Anthology of the literary center of the Constructivists (ЛЦК) – a Soviet literary group active during the 1920s. The anthology, edited by two of the leaders of the group, the literary scholar and critic Korneliy Zelinsky and the poet Ilya Selvinsky, features works by the editors and by Vera Inber, Boris Agapov and others.
144 pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes to edges of some leaves. Loose gatherings. Stains to cover, mostly to back cover. Tears and blemishes to spine. Open tear at the top of the spine.