BILIBINE, Ivan. Пёрышко Финиста ясна сокола (The Feather of - Lot 11

BILIBINE, Ivan. Пёрышко Финиста ясна сокола (The Feather of Finist-Clair-Faucon). Published in Saint Petersburg by Manufacture des Papiers d'État in 1902. In quarto / In-4 paperback format, with color illustrated cover on both boards. Stapled leaves. 12 pages, with color illustrations by Ivan Bilibine (2 cover illustrations, one of which enhanced in gilding on the upper cover, header, lettering, 2 full-page illustrations and 4 large illustrations in the text). Text in Russian, in a one-tone illustrated frame. Spine largely torn, freckles on cover, rubbed edges with a few small tears, corners corned. Rare first edition of Bilibine's illustrated version of this traditional Russian tale. Interior well preserved.