By The Will of The Pike. Russian folk tale. In Telugu with Mavrina's illustrations

[By The Will of The Pike: Russian folk tale]. మత్స్య మిత్రుడి మంత్ర మహిమ రష్యన్ జానపద కథ. In Telugu.Adaptation by M. Bulatov.Illustrations by T. Mavrina. మాస్కో [Moscow],ప్రగతి ప్రచురణాలయం [Progress Publishers], 1965.8vo, 22, [2] pp. In original illustrated wrappers.Near very good condition. Small tears to spine, lightly worn. Printing house slip laid in. Rare. Printed in Kaunas. One of 5 000 copies published. The first edition of this fairy tale, featuring illustrations by Mavrina, was published in 1958. It was also translated into English, Swahili, Vietnamese, Arabic, and various Indian languages, such as Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, and Kannada.Tatiana Lebedeva (1900/1902-1996) better known by her mother's surname, Mavrina, used it as a pseudonym. She studied under Robert Falk at VKhUTEMAS and was a member of 'Group 13', a collective of graphic artists formed in 1929. Her first illustrated children's book was published in the same year. Like other Russian avant-garde artists during the