Magaril Mikhail Illustrator (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Steve Sanfield at FFEP. 102 pages. Navy quarter-cloth, blue boards, silver titles; very good with light edgewear. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket good to very good; scuffed, edgeworn, with a few slight stains and 'Autographed Copy' sticker to front panel. Pages bright, text unmarked. Magaril, Mikhail (illustrator). Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Text is clean. Inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. Cover shows some wear, minor rubbing at bottom edges of front/rear covers. Dust jacket shows light soiling on rear panel. Full number line including '1'.; B&W Illustrations; 8.90 X 6.85 X 0.71 inches; 102 pages; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Mikhail Magaril (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Total printing 100. 50 reserved for members and associates of the Center for the Book Arts. Hand made, hand stiched binding and clam shell box. 56 pages, 9 drypoints by Mikhail Magaril, printed by Kathy Caraccio & Sana Fadel. Translated from Russian by Constance Garnett. Each copy was handlettered and bound by the artist. Typograhpy was planned by Misba Beletsky. The type was set in Monotype Van Dijck by Michael and Winifred Bixler and printed by Emily Artinian of Peter Kruty Editions on Rives BFK paper. Bound by the artist in tan linen boards with accompanying box. Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Signed on the colophon page, inscribed "A.P." Very good, excellent condition, clean and undamaged.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Number XXX of 100 copies, large octavo size, 49 pp., signed by Mikhail Magaril. Mikhail Magaril (b. 1950) came to the United States from Russia where he had earned a Master's Degree from the Moscow Graphic Art School; today, he is a highly regarded illustrator, artist, and sculptor with his works in collections such as Yale and Princeton. Magaril "draws extensively on the visual culture of the Soviet avant-garde book illustration, where meaningful arrangements of the image and typography underscore daring linguistic experiments of poets and writers" (n.b., from the artist's web site). "The Diary of a Madman" is a short story written in first-person diary-entry format by Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), whose work lends itself so well to the artistic treatment by Magaril. The story follows the life of a titular counselor during the corrupt and repressive reign of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia; the descent of the protagonist Arksenty Ivanovich Poprishchin coincides with poor treatment by his superiors and the unrecognized love of a woman engaged to another man. Eventually Poprishchin loses touch with reality, believing himself to be the heir to the throne of Spain. The story begs the question: is going mad the sane response to a mad world? The nine illustrations are composed of tortuous lines, with an abstract and almost frantic quality that builds on the world of the narrator. Illustrated, designed, printed, and bound under the direction of Mikhail Magaril and published under his own imprint, Summer Garden Editions. ___DESCRIPTION: Original coptic bound tan linen covered boards with an illustration by the artist stamped in brown to the upper board, fore-edge uncut, title-page printed in black and brown, nine drypoint plates including frontis, hand-lettering and sketches by the artist throughout; Monotype Van Dijck type, Rives BFK paper, large octavo (10" by 6 5/8"), pagination: [i-vi] 1-49 [1 colophon], limited edition of 100 copies, this number XXX, signed by the artist. Housed in a wood and leather fall-down-back box with a pull-tab, designed to look like a leather journal that has been repeatedly scratched, paper label to the upper board and backstrip, lined in brown paper hand lettered by the artist. ___CONDITION: Fine, like new, in a fine case. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Mikhail Magaril (illustrator).…