Prirva [The Precipice].

£1,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

With striking photomontage wrappers designed by Mykola Butovych. Prirva [The Precipice] is the fourth and final novel in the 'V Zahravy' [In the Blaze] cycle, published between 1928 and 1931. The three other novels Chortoryi [Vortex], Kvity i krov [Flowers and Blood], Na zharyshchakh [On the Burned Ruins] as well as The Precipice are all inspired by the events which took place in Ukraine between 1919 and 1920. Scarce: OCLC locates three copies (NYPL, National Library of Poland and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin). First edition, 8vo (17.3 x 12.8); contemporary ink ownership inscription to upper corner of flyleaf, water stain to upper right corner throughout the book, some leaves loose but holding fine; original wrappers designed by Butovych, small repairs to top edge and spine, a good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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