{"product_id":"amirejibi-ch-a-squirrel-and-a-cricket-belka-i-sverchok-illustrated-by-e-bulatov-o-vassiliev-signed-and-inscribed-by-the-artists","title":"Amirejibi, Ch. [A Squirrel and a Cricket] Belka i sverchok. Illustrated by E. Bulatov, O. Vassiliev. Signed and inscribed by the artists.","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAmirejibi, Ch.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[A Squirrel and a Cricket] Belka i sverchok. Stories. Retold from Georgian by Yu. Anokhin, G. Snegirev. Illustrated by E. Bulatov, O. Vassiliev.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMoscow: Malysh, 1985. 8vo [270x218mm].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn original illustrated wrappers; light tearing. Inscribed on back of the front cover by the artists. Overall in good condition.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSigned and inscribed by the artists: [To Dina from Oleg and Eric. 12.VI.86.] Dine ot Olega b Erika. 12.VI.86.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe design of this Russian retelling of \u003cem\u003eA Squirrel and a Cricket\u003c\/em\u003e was created by \u003cstrong\u003eEric Bulatov\u003c\/strong\u003e (1933-2025) and \u003cstrong\u003eOleg Vassiliev\u003c\/strong\u003e (1931-2013), artists and classic painters of the unofficial Soviet art scene of the 1960s-80s. They studied at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow and later collaborated as children's book illustrators. In the 1960s, Bulatov formed the \u003cstrong\u003eSretensky Boulevard Group\u003c\/strong\u003e with Ilya Kabakov, Edik Steinberg, Oleg Vassiliev, Vladimir Yankilevsky, and Viktor Pivovarov. Vassiliev emigrated to the USA in 1990. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChabua Amirejibi\u003c\/strong\u003e (1921-2013) was a Georgian novelist and a Soviet descendant. In 1944 he was arrested on coup plot charges and sentenced to 25 years in Siberian worker camps. He was rehabilitated in 1959 and began his literary career in the early 1960’s. Most of his works were written in Georgian, however he took it upon himself to translate two of his most famous novels (\u003cem\u003eData Tutashkhia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGora Mborgali\u003c\/em\u003e) into Russian. His shorter stories were either translated or retold from Georgian by other people in order to be published in Russian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eWe couldn’t trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblionne Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52351898911032,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/6511\/0072\/files\/S-339_2_Large_542ff635-ddc8-486e-ad9d-0811e01719c0.jpg?v=1778577999","url":"https:\/\/biblionnerarebooks.com\/products\/amirejibi-ch-a-squirrel-and-a-cricket-belka-i-sverchok-illustrated-by-e-bulatov-o-vassiliev-signed-and-inscribed-by-the-artists","provider":"Biblionne Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}