“A Jolly Bee” by N. Pavlovich, book published in 1930.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
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Here’s something great for you. A very rare first edition of Eduard Uspensky’s book “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends” illustrated by V. Alfeyevsky (published in 1966). It’s the very first presentation of Cheburashka and he looks very different to how we know him now.
In the book Cheburashka was originally described as an “animal unknown to science”, with a body resembling that of a cub, puppy, rabbit or even “the Australian kangaroo”.
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“Tea”, vintage book designed by D. Shterenberg (1931)
Russian traditional nursery rhymes illustrated by Yury Vasnetsov. Book from 1982 ()
Tea Sputniks (satellites) - biscuits, muffin, jam. Vintage poster designed by A. Ioganson (1959)
First edition cover of Samuil Marshak’s “Yesterday and Today”, illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev (1925)
Window shopping. Photo by Robert Diament (1954)
Child Nutrition, vintage cookbook 1963 ()
I love all the little illustrations! (I posted some of them here, including the infamous eggs with jam.)
“March in the Forest” by Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov, illustrated by P. Bagin, 1988 ()
The Wooden Eagle, vintage book illustrated by Leonid Vladimirsky. Published in 1987 ()
Swans - vintage Soviet book by N. Ledentsov, illustrated by A. Vazhova, 1988 ()