Skazka o Zolotom Pietushkie [The Tale of the Golden Cockerel]

(Bilibin, Ivan) illustrator. SKAZKA O ZOLOTOM PIETUSHKIE [THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL] by Alexander Pushkin. [St. Petersburg]: [Ekspeditsiia Zagotovleniia Gosudarstvennykh Bumag], 1907. FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio - 10-1/16" X 12-7/8". Color pictorial beige stiff paper wrappers with the spine covered with light brown paper as issued, with titles printed in black, and decorative border and five medallions printed in black, purple, green, yellow, blue and red to front wrapper, and with titles printed in gray and a decorative medallion featuring the titular fowl printed in gold, blue, green, purple, brown and black to back wrapper; minor wear to the spine cover, most notable at the head and tail, two pinch-creases to spine, a small crease to upper fore edge corner of front wrapper and a very minor wrinkle to upper fore edge corner of back wrapper for what is a lovely copy of the book. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. 11, [1] pp. This Russian language fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin, written in verse, tells the story of Tsar Dadon, who promises an old magician anything he wants, for the services of his golden cockerel to protect his country, but then he reneges on his word when the payment comes due; illustrated by Ivan Bilibin with full color drawings on every page, including four full-page drawings; very minor offsetting internally. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. SCARCE; especially in such nice condition. #001064