[East China Railway]. An ornately published poem by Andrej Krev, "KVžd. Velikaja Mandžurskaja Magistral v ee prošlom i nas....

[East ChinaRailway ]. An ornately published poem by Andrej Krev, "KVžd. Velikaja Mandžurskaja Magistral v ee prošlom i nastojaščem. Istoričeskij obzor v stichach" from 1929.
Double-sided print on two cards form. 42x31.4 cm. Poem dedicated to the East China Railway (Kitajsko-Vostočnoj železnoj dorogi), its Manchurian section. The first page printed in gold ink with small particles of glitter. In its lower part a space for the author to write the name of the recipient of the publication (here inscribed: Yosif Ignatevich). Beneath the text, the place and date of the poem's creation are printed: Harbin, XI 1929, at which time there was a Russian-Chinese conflict over control of a section running through northern Manchuria. Transverse fold mark, minor staining of the first page.