Vladimir Lebedev     (1891 - 1967)

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Vladimir Maiakovskii

Что ни странисца -

то слон, то львица

That's not a page -

that's an elephant and a lion

Leningrad: Detgiz, 1954

280 x 221 mm. 12 pages

Edition: 200,000.

A collection of humorous poems about zoo animals, some of which are Soviet inflected. Fourth edition of the book originally published in 1938. First edition with illustrations by Lebedev.

References

Startsev 1958, no. 602

Tarasenkov 1966, p. 287

Petrov 1972, p. 229