Blok The Twelve Zdeněk Rossmann

BLOK, Alexander Alexandrovič. Dvanásti [The Twelve]. Bratislava: DAV, 1934.

Book 3 of the DAV series. 4to (23.5 × 15 cm). 24 pp. Original wrappers and typography by Zdeněk Rossmann. Minor professional restoration to the upper edge of the original wrappers. Owner's stamp to the colophon. Very good condition.

The first Slovak translation of Alexander Blok's celebrated poem on the October Revolution, translated by Janko Jesenský with an introduction by Laco Novomeský. Published as the third volume in the influential DAV series, issued by the left-wing literary and cultural movement of the same name.

A scarce DAV publication and an important intersection of revolutionary Russian literature, Slovak modernism, and avant-garde graphic design.