Shevchenko, Taras; Vasyl Illich Kasiian (1896-1976) — Haidamaky (The Haidamaks)

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR Vydavnytstvo „Molod” ["Molod" (Youth), Publisher] First Edition Thus pp. 101. Slim octavo (8" x 6"). Publisher's vibrant red cloth over boards with striking gold-and-black lettering, and design stamped to the spine, and front board. Lovely illustrated colour portrait frontispiece of Shevchenko accompanied by four additional striking full-page colour plates, printed to rectos only. Artwork attributed to noted Soviet-Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and educator, Vasyl Kasiian, who specialized in realist printmaking techniques such as woodcuts, copper engravings, linocuts, and lithography. A thoroughly lovely copy, without blemish to the extremities, contents equally clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in its elaborately illustrated colour dustjacket showing some minor wear along the edges of the panels (now housed in a protective mylar sleeve). Very good plus. Scarce in commerce. This edition not found in OCLC.