Bradbury, Ray [R Is for Rocket: Fantastic Stories]. R - Znachit Raketa: Fantasticheskie rasskazy.

Translation from English by N. Gal, E. Kabalevskaia [and L. Zhdanov].
Compiled by L. Zhdanov. [Afterword by R. Podol'nii].
Book design and illustrations by M. Romadin.

Moskva, “Detskaia literature”, 1973.
8vo, 188, [4] pp.

In original pictorial paper-covered boards.
Near very good condition, very light wear to corners.

The only edition with these illustrations.

In 1956, Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) gained prominence in the Soviet Union. During this year, his first Russian translation was released, featuring the story ‘The Other Foot’, and his inaugural Russian book, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, was published. Unexpectedly, Bradbury became widely utilized for Soviet propaganda, ‘symbolizing the ideals of goodness and humanism in a country where evil is gaining increasing power’. Consequently, many of Bradbury's stories and novels were translated into Russian and published in the USSR.
This collection includes 13 short stories from the original collection of 1962, ‘R Is for Rocket’, and another four: ‘A Miracle of Rare Device’, ‘The Vacation’, ‘The Drummer Boy of Shiloh’, and ‘Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby's is a Friend of Mine’. All these translations were initially published in various periodicals and collections of Bradbury during the 1960s, except ‘R Is for Rocket’, which possibly makes its first appearance in this compilation.
Despite mentioning only two female translators, namely one of the most prominent Soviet translators, Nora Gal (1912-1991), and Edvarda Kabalevskaia (1911-1981), 12 out of the 17 stories were translated by the compiler of this book and important Bradbury’s translator, Lev Zhdanov(1924-1995).
The book's design and illustrations were crafted by Mikhail Romadin (1940-2012), a painter, book illustrator, and artist in the realms of film and theater. Romadin studied at the Gerasimov University of Cinematography, where he developed a close friendship with director Andrei Tarkovsky. Notably, Romadin conceived the flying machine made from a sack that appears in Tarkovsky's film ‘Andrei Rublev’ (1966). He also served as the production designer and stylist for Tarkovsky's ‘Solaris’ (1972). Later Romadin continued his collaboration with another friend, Andrei Konchalovsky, working as a production designer on three of Konchalovsky's films.

Libman, # 1508а.

We couldn’t trace any copy of this edition via OCLC in the USA. There is one copy of the edition in the Waseda University Library (Japan).