KAPITSA, Olga and Yuri VASNETSOV.
Зайка [Little Hare] .
Leningrad, Detizdat Ts K VLKSM, 1936.
4to, pp. 28, in the original printed paper wrappers, wire-sewn as issued, full colour throughout, small ‘Printed in Soviet Union’ inkstamp to the upper wrapper.
First edition of this collection of eleven traditional folk tales and songs about the hare and his encounters with huntsmen, foxes and other animals, charmingly written by Olga Kapitsa and illustrated by Yuri Vasnetsov, one of Russia’s leading artists of children’s books.
Worldcat finds two copies in the US, at Chicago and Southern Mississippi.
