Burliuk, David, Nikolai Burliuk, Elena Guro, Velimir Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Benedikt Livshits and Vladimir Mayakovsky.

4to (197 x 174mm.), [limited to 800 copies], printed on thick pale green paper, 16 illustrations by David and Vladimir Burliuk, Natalia Goncharova, Elena Guro and Mikhail Larionov, original wrappers, backstrip of blue paper, covers of flowered wallpaper, printed label on upper cover, one leaf loose, edges of several leaves faded, corners frayed, backstrip slightly chipped

Hellyer 462; Ex-Libris 6; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 53

The Union of Youth was formed in 1910 and held its first exhibition in St Petersburg. The first volume of Sadok Sudei was published the same year and was intended to shock. It was printed on the reverse of household wallpaper and brought together contributors from both the Moscow and St Petersburg Avant-Garde movements, including the Hylaean and Rayist groups. This second volume was designed as a more aggressive sequel and includes a long Hylaean manifesto stating that the intent was to ignore current trends in rhyme and poetry and to create a new, expressive genre and style concentrating on personal freedom and verbal richness. This was the last such widely collaborative work and marks an important stage in the Avant-Garde movement. David Burliuk was considered the father of Cubo-Futurism.