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LIBROFirst edition.A good to very good copy.Very scarce. No copies in the trade or in auctions. No copies listed in OCLC and KVK. In the collection of the “Martynas Mažvydas” National Library of Lithuania. First edition published as second of the book-series by the magazine «Naujas Žodis» (New Word). 3000 copies printed according to the National Library of Lithuania record. Collection of satyrical poems, it deepens and refines the technique of «3 Grenadieriai» (1926). In the final summary each poem is linked to the parodized poet: Maironis (i.e. Jonas Mačiulis), Faustas Kirša, Liudas Gira, Balys Sruoga, Kazys Binkis, Petras Vaičiūnas, Salys Šemerys, Putinas (i.e. Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas), Jouazs Tysliava, Juozas Žlabys-Žengė, Tyrų duktė (i.e. Bronė Buivydaitė?), Antanas Rimydis. Šemerys, Rimydis, Žengė, and Tysliava. The list represent in fact a Parnassus of the modern Lithuanian literature, from such a monument like Maironis to younger authors and avant-garde poets like Binkis, Šemeris, Rimidys, Žengė, and Tysliava. At least the poems «Romantika» (the 1st stanza), «Putotos gulbės senai nuskrido» (as «Proemion»), «Ryga-Paryzius-Vilkaviskis-Helsinkis» (as «Suomijoj»), «Paris», and «Afrikoj», first appear in «3 Grenadieriai». Salaris, Futurisms in the World, p. 678