[BOOK DESIGN / FUTURIST & CONSTRUCTIVIST POETRY] 835 satir. [i.e., 835 lines]. Cover design by Ali Suavi

[RAN], NAZIM HIKMET (1902-1963).

Muallim A. Halit Kitaphanesi / Bürhanettin Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1932.

Original well-designed stapled wrappers. Demy 8vo. (22,5 x 15,5 cm). In Turkish. 48 p. Slight foxing on the cover. Otherwise, a very good copy.

The rare second edition of the celebrated Turkish poet's first poetry book, printed in the newly adopted Latin script following the Alphabet Reform in 1928, issued in a smaller print run after the first edition (limited to 3,000 copies) sold out almost immediately. Hikmet’s poems in the book, such as “Makinalaşmak İstiyorum” [i.e., I Want to Be Mechanized], “Açların Gözbebekleri” [i.e., The Pupils of the Hungry], “Orkestra” [i.e., Orchestra], and “Salkımsöğüt” [i.e., Weeping Willow], which are directly and explicitly linked to Futurism, place technology at the very centre of their vision and treat the modern world as a primary theme.

The book’s groundbreaking cover design, created by Suavi for this second edition. Suavi designed the book covers not only for Nazım Hikmet but also for many other poets and writers on behalf of the Muallim Ahmet Halit Press until 1947; the only interruption in his work on Hikmet's books occurred during the poet's imprisonment in 1933-1934, when he was arrested for his writings, and his books were banned and censored.

As of March 2026, we couldn’t trace any copies in OCLC.