Soviet Children Books USSR Fairytale

£220.00

Original vintage advertising poster for the Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Международная Книга international bookshop in Moscow featuring a bright and colourful illustration of a sailing ship carrying characters from Russian fairy tale stories including Doctor Aybolit (ouch it hurts), a fox, giraffe, fish in a bowl, frog, peacock, crocodile, an owl holding a book under its wing and other animals, Kolobok (the Little Roll), Buratino (Pinocchio), a princess and characters from works by Alexander Pushkin and Alexey Tolstoy and other authors, a moon and sun, a rainbow flag and the text in French below the image on the blue waves of the sea - Buy Soviet children's books / Achetez les livres Sovietiques pour enfants. Very good condition, minor creasing, small tears on edges.

Country

Russia

Year

1980s

Style

Advertising Posters

Size (cm)

97x63