This early Soviet book by Mikhail Murashev has a misleading title, Без слов – Russian for “Without Words”. It is in fact mostly words with the cover and six drawings in watercolours by V. N. Prokofiev.

Title: Без слов (Bez slov) Russian for “Without Words”
Author: Mikhail Murashev
Illustrator: V. N. Prokofiev
Date of publication: 1922
Publisher: Pomorie
Place of publication: Moscow
Dimensions:
Binding: soft cover
Boards: paper
Language: Russian
Paginated: yes
Printed: verso and recto
Edition: Trade only?
Description: Presumably the text (in Russian) will explain the choosing of the title meaning “Without Words” as this is clearly not the case.

Front cover of Murashev’s, Без слов
Title page of Murashev’s, Без слов
Murashev’s, Без слов, is clearly not wordless.

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