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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). V Sumerkakh. [At Dusk.] St Petersburg: Suvorina, 1887.
The first edition. This collection of short stories – a form that Chekhov revolutionised – earned Chekhov the Pushkin Prize for literature. Kilgour 228; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Moia biblioteka, 1227.
Octavo (173 x 112mm). (Occasional marginal dampstain; some soiling and spotting; a few leaves repaired in the inside margin; tear in leaf 17.8; final blank chipped.) Contemporary red cloth, spine titled in blind, sides with a border blocked in blind (rebacked preserving the original spine; corners repaired; some soiling). Provenance: Machul'skii (title stamp) – Nikolai Vasil'evich Sablin (1880-1958, naval officer, author; title stamp).
The first edition. This collection of short stories – a form that Chekhov revolutionised – earned Chekhov the Pushkin Prize for literature. Kilgour 228; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Moia biblioteka, 1227.
Octavo (173 x 112mm). (Occasional marginal dampstain; some soiling and spotting; a few leaves repaired in the inside margin; tear in leaf 17.8; final blank chipped.) Contemporary red cloth, spine titled in blind, sides with a border blocked in blind (rebacked preserving the original spine; corners repaired; some soiling). Provenance: Machul'skii (title stamp) – Nikolai Vasil'evich Sablin (1880-1958, naval officer, author; title stamp).
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