[AVANT-GARDE / EARLY TURKISH FUTURIST BOOK DESIGN] Ansiklopedideki vahsi. Cover design by Ressam Sam, or Mimâr Sâmih. [i.e., The savage in the encyclopedia]

SÂDI, KERIM (Pen name of AHMET NEVZAT CERRAHOGLU) (1900-1977). Nusret Kemal / Selâmet Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1929. Original wrappers. Large 8vo. (20 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 5 p., ills. Fragile extremities with water stains and chippings, also staples corroded over time to the paper, making it brittle as well causing discolouration. Overall, a good copy. Exceedingly rare first and only edition of this early striking pamphlet with a cover design which was highly influenced by Marinetti’s Futurism, including a short dramatic story of criticism of the capitalism and bourgeoisie by Kerim Sâdi. It contains a full-page futurist drawing (pp. 3) made by painter beside the cover. The book was banned by the government of the period, which aimed at a privileged, classless, unified mass because the subject of the book was deemed too "class". Despite the ban, the book was praised by many socialist intellectuals of the period such as Nazim Hikmet Ran (1902-1963) and Nurullah Ataç (1898-1957). Thus, it wa