Have you read The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf? Any person will say: “Of course I read!” We will say: “Of course you didn’t read it!” Because in the publications of the Soviet times, the novels are presented in the form in which they were "allowed" by the editors and Soviet censorship.In the new collector's edition, the immortal works of Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov about the "great strategist" Ostap Bender are reproduced in author's edition, restored by Alexandra Ilyinichnaya Ilf. Fragments published in their first editions have been returned to the texts of the novels, as well as a number of materials from handwritten and typewritten versions of the works.Thanks to the magnificent photographs of Ilya Ilf and other unique photo artists, the book will take you into the atmosphere of old Russia and old Moscow , in those times when the events of the novels unfold, in the 20-30s of the last century.