Kuranty. [Chimes, a Monthly of Literature and Art, edited by Boris Korneev. Numbers 1-4, all published.] Tbilisi: 1918-19. 4 volumes in 3, small 4° (230 mm x 190 mm and slightly smaller). 3 mounted zincograph illustrations by A.N. Geevskii in no. 1, 3 illustrations by I. Terent’ev and P. Iashvili in no. 2, 2 illustrations by A. Kruchenykh and one by N. Goncharova in no. 3-4. Original printed wrappers, nos 2 and 3-4 with vignette by I. Poroshin (spines of no. 1 and 3-4 neatly restored, no. 2 with cover detached and spine torn). Provenance: Nina Vasil'eva (1889-1979, poet).
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Kuranty. [Chimes, a Monthly of Literature and Art, edited by Boris Korneev. Numbers 1-4, all published.] Tbilisi: 1918-19. 4 volumes in 3, small 4° (230 mm x 190 mm and slightly smaller). 3 mounted zincograph illustrations by A.N. Geevskii in no. 1, 3 illustrations by I. Terent’ev and P. Iashvili in no. 2, 2 illustrations by A. Kruchenykh and one by N. Goncharova in no. 3-4. Original printed wrappers, nos 2 and 3-4 with vignette by I. Poroshin (spines of no. 1 and 3-4 neatly restored, no. 2 with cover detached and spine torn). Provenance: Nina Vasil'eva (1889-1979, poet).

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Kuranty. [Chimes, a Monthly of Literature and Art, edited by Boris Korneev. Numbers 1-4, all published.] Tbilisi: 1918-19. 4 volumes in 3, small 4° (230 mm x 190 mm and slightly smaller). 3 mounted zincograph illustrations by A.N. Geevskii in no. 1, 3 illustrations by I. Terent’ev and P. Iashvili in no. 2, 2 illustrations by A. Kruchenykh and one by N. Goncharova in no. 3-4. Original printed wrappers, nos 2 and 3-4 with vignette by I. Poroshin (spines of no. 1 and 3-4 neatly restored, no. 2 with cover detached and spine torn). Provenance: Nina Vasil'eva (1889-1979, poet).

RARE COMPLETE SET OF THIS TBILISI AVANT-GARDE PERIODICAL, with contributions by Terentev, Kruchenykh, Korneev, Natalia Goncharova, K. Zdanevich, Rafalovich, Sudeikin and others. Not in MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book.