- Sl. stained and fingersoiled; frontwr. yellowed; loose(ning).

= One of the major works by the prolific duo Marshak and Lebedev. Lévèque/ Plantureux p.158f; Lemmens/ Stommels p.347: "These two books [Tsirk and Morozhenoe] of children's poetry mark the start of their life-long collaboration. They also mark a giant leap forward in children's book design. The illustrations, dating from 1924, are executed in ink or watercolour and gouache. (...) In composition they are very straightforward. Every new page in Tsirk shows a new character from the circus, from clown and juggler to elephant and strong man. All are presented doing something, being active and thus bringing movement in the picture." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.

BOUND WITH: Barto, A. Pervoe Maya (The first of May). Moscow, Gos. Izd., 1928, 2nd ed., 16p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by A. DEYNEKA, 4to.

- Sl. creased; one leaf lower margin repaired.

= Lévèque/ Plantureux p.34: "(...) un livre devenu classique et ayant connu des rééditions dès la première année"; Lemmens/ Stommels p.287f: "The illustrations for this book show the stylistic elements of the caricatures that Deineka had made for the magazines: exaggeration of the subject matter, the use of bright colours, the schematic handling of objects and persons, and their positioning within the picture".

AND WITH: Marshak, S. Vchera i segodnya (Yesterday and today). Ibid., idem, 1928, 3rd ed., (12)p., col. lithogr. ills. and orig. wr. by V. LEBEDEV, 4to.

= Lévèque/ Plantureux p.162; Lemmens/ Stommels p.348f: "(...) the illustrations for Vchera i segodnia are a step forward. In that book Lebedev found a way to combine the sketchy (line) drawings with stencil-like designs. The first he uses to depict the old, yesterday, the latter stand for the new, today."

AND WITH 4 others, all orig. wr. pres.: A. PAKHOMOV, Leto (ibid., 1927, col. ills. by A. PAKHOMOV); S. MARSHAK, IJsco. Dutch adapt. L. Dworson and E. Hess-Binger (The Hague, n.d. (±1926), col. ills. by V. LEBEDEV); R. KIPLING, Otkuda u nosoroga shkura? Russian transl. K. Chukovsky (ibid., 1929, 2nd ed., ills. by YE. EVENBACH) and S. FEDORCHENKO, Kak mashina zverey vspoloshila (ibid., n.d., col. ills. by I. YEFIMOV).