1. The book of Vladimir Volkenstein "Spartacus", published in 1921, during the civil war in Russia. Avant-garde style cover. The cover is separated from the main unit of the book. There are tears in sheets and underlining of text. In the publishing cover. Slight tear on the spine. The title page signed Leo Lunacharsky: “Lunacharsky. 19. III. 1922. Moscow. "
Leo Lunacharsky was the son of a half-brother (only by mother) Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky.
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov, 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1875 – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for Ministry and Education as well as active playwright, critic, essayist and journalist throughout his career.
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Volkenstein (Владимир Михайлович Волькенштейн, born 15 October 1883, died 30 November 1974), was a Russian and Soviet playwright, theatre and literary critic, poet and reader in drama.
A Saint Petersburg University's Law faculty graduate, Volkenstein started out as a poet. He debuted as a playwright in 1907, when fragments of his play Ivan Doctors appeared in the Shipovnik (Wild Roses) almanac. In 1911 Stanislavski invited him to Moscow Art Theatre, where he worked until 1921, first as a secretary, later a literary consultant.
Provenance: book from the collection of the Lunacharsky family.
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