Lot 99
Lot 99
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930)

Misteriya-buff [Mystery-bouffe]. 1918

    Price Realised GBP 375
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    Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893-1930)

    Misteriya-buff [Mystery-bouffe]. 1918

    Price Realised GBP 375
    Price Realised GBP 375
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    MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Misteriya-buff. Geroicheskoe epicheskoe i satiricheskoe izobrazhenie nashei epokhi [Mystery-bouffe. A heroical, epical, and satirical portrayal of our times]. St Petersburg: Svoboda, 1918.

    First edition, limited to 5000 copies, of a play which proved difficult to stage. After a first performance by student actors directed by Meyerhold, the authorities prevented further performances. A revised version again directed by Meyerhold was staged in 1921, and published in 1922.

    Octavo (253 x 189mm) (light toning). Original lithographed wrappers (spine and edges restored). Provenance: I. Mityurnikov (stamp on rear wrapper).
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