Have you read the novels "The Twelve Chairs" and "The Little Golden Calf"? Anyone will say: "Of course I have!" We will say: "Of course we haven't!" Because in Soviet-era editions the novels are presented in the form in which they were "approved" by the editors and Soviet censors.
In the new collector's edition, the immortal works of Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov about the "great schemer" Ostap Bender are reproduced in the author's version, restored by Alexandra Ilyinichna Ilf. Fragments published in the first editions have been returned to the texts of the novels, and a number of materials from the handwritten and typewritten versions of the works have also been included.
Thanks to the magnificent photographs of Ilya Ilf and other unique photo artists, the book will take you to the atmosphere of old Russia and old Moscow, to the times when the events of the novels unfold, in the 20s and 30s of the last century.