Ad Verbum by Katsiuba, Elena and Konstantin Kedrov - 1994

Moscow: Agentstvo, 1994. Octavo (20 × 14.5 cm). Original stapled wrappers; [3], 34 pp. Signed on the half-title by Kedrov in 1997. A very good copy. Uncommon early publication by these two Russian neo-avantgarde poets, who were founding members of DOOS, a playful group of Russian experimental poets founded in 1984. Katsiuba and Kedrov can both be classed among the so-called Metametaphorists, though their poetry also reveals a strong visual orientation, in the style of post-war concrete poetry. Also reproduced are three black-and-white drawings (by Katsiuba?) which divide the booklet's three sections. Signed true to style: "KhGS o KoKaKed, Kedrov." One of 500 copies. Scarce in the trade. KVK, OCLC show twelve copies.