[GONTCHAROVA] - POUCHKINE (Alexander S.) Paris, La Sirène, 1921. A Tale of Tsar Saltan... In-4 (28.3 × 22 cm), leaves, in publisher's illustrated hardback folder. Tale translated from the Russian by Claude Anet, illustrated with 16 full-page and 30 framed compositions by Natalia Goncharova, stencilled by the Marty studios. Limited edition of 599 copies, this one of 129 on Rives wove paper (no. 132), translated from the Russian by Claude Anet. A very fine edition, richly illustrated with shimmering compositions by the artist Natalia Goncharova, who was related to Pushkin's wife. The dust jacket is damaged on the spine and around the edges of the boards. It also has a thin tear at one hinge and its laces are missing. Slight soiling on some leaves. A stain in the margin of one leaf without affecting the framing.