Often hand-made and hand-printed in limited editions, these books were, in many instances, the result of collaborations between poets and painters. Among the well-known artists represented are Natalia Goncharova, El Lissitzky, and Aleksandr Rodchenko. These books, which reflect significant styles of modern art, Futurism, Suprematism, and Constructivism, offer an artistic, social, and political history of Russia before and after the Revolution of 1917. In addition to incisive and revealing essays that focus on specific artistic and literary issues, this stunning volume includes more than 600 colorplates, demonstrating the variety and range of these remarkable books. This authoritative volume is destined to be the definitive word on the subject.F ine book ,to become a standard reference tool.