Sims Reed Rare Books

Illustrated cover and typography by Jindrich Styrsky. Introduction by Marie Marcanova.
Translation by Bohumil Mathesius of poems by Mayakovsky, Pasternak and others.

pp. 147. 8vo. (212 x 148 mm). Original publisher's red printed wrappers with white label.

#45414

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