Product Description
Russian Folk-Style Figurines: A Collector's Notes. Gennadi Blinov. A one-of-a-kind handbook that guides the reader through a collector's lifelong journey learning about the many carved folk figures from simpler times. Blinov's keen eye documents bird houses, whistles, rattles, straw dolls, horses, weather vanes, painted clay pottery, birch bark and willow rods toys, and much more! He describes toy-making techniques in various parts of Russia from Dymkovo to Lipetsk, Polkhovksy-Maidan to Gorokhovets. Well-illustrated in color with text in English.
USSR (Moscow): Raduga Publishers, 1983. 200 pages. Clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Dustjacket is edge worn, but the text is fine. 1 copy only.
