Author: [edited by] Shvetsov, S.; Sobolev, L; et al
Title: Krokodil [Various Issues]
Description: Moscow: Gazety "Pravda, 1957-58. First editions (7 issues); 10 x 13; pp. 14 including text to first and last pages; original staple-bound pictorial wraps; in good condition with wear and partial splitting along spine; spotting and small chips along edges; two of the issues with thin strips of tape to spine; internally mostly very clean; profusely illustrated. A delightful archive of arguably the most popular Soviet journal of caricature and satire. The present issues lean heavily on ridiculing capitalist countries in general and the US in particular. Furthermore, most of the cover art and the illustrations are those of Mikhail Cheremnykh - People's Artist of USSR and master of satirical allegory and The Kukryniksy - the collective name for the three caricaturists Mikhail Kupriianov, Porfirii Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov. Ill.: 0. 3.

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