Collection of Children's Books by Samuil Marshak - Russia, 1930s - Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev and Others

Collection of Children's Books by Samuil Marshak - Russia, 1930s - Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev and Others
Nine children's books, written and edited by Samuil Marshak, with illustrations by Russian artists Vladimir Lebedev, Vladimir Konashevich, Mikhail Tsekhanosvky, and others. Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg), 1930s.
1-3. Three children's books by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev (1891-1967). • Мистер Твистер [Mister Twister], 1933. • Vot Kakoi Rasseyeiannyi [What an Absent-Minded Man], 1934. • Bagazh [Baggage], 1936.
4. Knizhka pro knizhki [A Book about Books], by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Dmitry Mitrohin (1883-1973). Leningrad, 1935.
5-6. Two children's books by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich (1888-1963): • Pozhar [Fire], 1935. • Tri Skazki [Three Tales], 1937 (incomplete).
7. Chrabryi Portnoi [The Brave Tailor], adaption of a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, edited by Samuil Marshak, 1936.
8. Pochta [Mail], by Samuil Marshak, with color illustrations by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky (1889-1965), 1937.
9. Skazki, Pesni, Zagadki [Tales, Songs, Riddles], by Samuil Marshak, 1949.
Samuil (Shmuel) Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964) was a Russian-Jewish poet, author, playwright and educator who gained fame mostly as a children's poet. The popular Hebrew children's book "The Absent-Minded Man of Kfar Azar" is a Hebrew adaptation of Marshak's book "What an Absent-Minded Man", see above.
Size and condition vary. Fair-good overall condition. Stains, creases and tears. Loose or detached covers to some of the books. One book is incomplete.