Kupchynskyi, Roman

[SIGNED] Skoropad: poema [Skoropad: A Poem]

New York, NY: Chervona Kalyna, 1965. Item #1583

127, XIV: illustrations. 21 cm. Original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Wrapper design, illustrations, and typographic layout by Edward Kozak. Afterword by Ivan Kedryn. Text in Ukrainian.

Original illustrated wrappers with light shelf wear, minor edgewear, and faint spotting to covers. Slight creasing to lower corner of front wrapper. Interior clean with light age toning. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, dated 12 July 1966. Binding sound.

A signed émigré edition of the humorous poem Skoropad by Roman Kupchynskyi (1894–1976), Ukrainian poet, journalist, composer, and public figure associated with the literary and cultural milieu of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. The satirical poem was originally written between 1919 and 1922, reflecting the turbulent political environment of the Ukrainian struggle for independence following the collapse of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires. The manuscript was later lost and reconstructed by the author during the 1940s while in Germany, before being published in this New York edition by the Ukrainian émigré press Chervona Kalyna. The work combines political satire with elements of burlesque and military folklore, illustrating Kupchynskyi’s characteristic blend of humor and patriotic reflection. The volume is notably illustrated and designed by the prominent Ukrainian émigré artist Edward Kozak, whose expressive graphic style became emblematic of diaspora publishing.

Price: $300.00