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Russian avant garde Kruchonykh A [Russian avant-garde]. Kruchonykh, A. Khuligan Yesenin (Yesenin the hooligan). Moscow, the author, (,26p., orig. wr. by G. KLUTSIS. - Frontwr. partly sl. discoloured and w. sm. number in pen and ink. = Rowell/ Wye no. Compton, Russian avant-garde books a series of publications inspired by Sergei Yesenin's suicide (nowadays a disputed fact: according to some theories he was assassinated by the Soviet authorities). "The dramatic incident shocked the literary world - particularly young Communists who had admired the 'hooliganism' of his poetry - and the event subsequently inspired a great deal of material for publication; Kruchonykh used the event as the excuse for at least six books" (Compton). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV. Call for price