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This original drawing for Alistair MacLeod's The Boat (1968).

Tender original illustration for the first Russian translation of J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan: The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (issued in 1971). May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008) was a 'classic' of children's illustration and nephew of futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov. He studied under his father, an artist Petr Miturich and at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where later he taught. In 2005 he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. This second Russian edition of the play was the only edition with Miturich's illustrations. By repute the edition of 1971 was aimed for narrow audience only and was not circulated in shops and small libraries for next ten years.

The original drawing for Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding (1946). It depicts the main character, twelve-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams. Her image reminds an actress Julie Harris, who played Frankie in the movie The Member of the Wedding (1952).

Rare wartime issues.One of 7 000 copies (each one) printed. These issues were published during the siege of Leningrad. It includes verses by Vera Inber and Vladimir Lifshitc, Leningrad fairytale by Evgeny Schwartz with illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich (about the appearance of Leningrad and the war between water spirit Vodyanoy against forest spirit Lesovik and Human; first appearance), military and patriotic stories. # 6 is illustrated with the photomontage of Soviet pioneers in summer camps.