12 chairs. Golden calf. Collectible illustrated edition

Have you read the novels "Twelve Chairs" and "Golden Calf"? Any person will say: "Of course, read!" We will say: "Of course, we have not read!" Because in the publications of Soviet times, novels are presented in the form in which they were “allowed” by editors and Soviet censorship. In the new collection publication, the immortal works of Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov about the “great combinator” Ostap Bender are reproduced in the author’s version restored by Alexandra Ilyinichny Ilf. Fragments published in their first editions were returned to the texts of the novels, as well as a number of materials from the manuscript and typewritten options for the works. Thanks to the magnificent photographs of Ilya Ilf and other unique photo artists, the book will transfer you to the atmosphere of old Russia and old Moscow, at the time when the events of the novels unfold, in the 20-30s of the last century.