Item #2231 Igor Ilyinsky. Vadim Shershenevich.

Igor Ilyinsky

Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. First Edition, First Printing.

24mo (7/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 150 x 110 mm), 14, [2] pages in photo-illustrated stapled wrappers.

An illustrated booklet on comic actor Igor Ilyinsky (1901-1987) in the Kinopechat series. Ilyinsky was associated with the Meyerhold Theatre, most notably as Bruno in Fernand Crommelynck's "Magnanimous Cuckold." He also was active in early Soviet cinema and won the Stalin Prize several times for his film roles.

This pamphlet is entirely in Russian and contains seven black-and-white photographs (in addition to the photo on the upper wrapper). OCLC shows seven institutional holdings. SCARCE.

CONDITION: Pencil notations under two photographs, soiling to wrappers, toning to pages. Overall, about Very Good. Item #2231

Price: $150.00

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