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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Svad'ba. Jubilej. Tri sestry: P'ecy. [Wedding. Anniversary. Three Sisters: Plays]. St Petersburg: Marks, 1902.
Kilgour's copy of the first authorized edition of these three vaudevilles, incorporating Chekhov’s many corrections. They were included in the second edition of the Works published by Marks, at the end of vol. VII for structural reasons advocated by Chekhov himself, and published as a separate book for the convenience of those subscribers who had bought the first edition of that volume (the circumstances are attested in the correspondence between author and publisher). This copy belonged to the noted collector and philanthropist Bayard L. Kilgour, a passionate student of Russian culture, benefactor of the Harvard University Libraries and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Kilgour 237.
Octavo (186 x 129mm). (Some light foxing to the initial leaves.) 20th-century cloth preserving the contemporary morocco lettering-piece on the spine. Provenance: Bayard L. Kilgour (bookplate).
Kilgour's copy of the first authorized edition of these three vaudevilles, incorporating Chekhov’s many corrections. They were included in the second edition of the Works published by Marks, at the end of vol. VII for structural reasons advocated by Chekhov himself, and published as a separate book for the convenience of those subscribers who had bought the first edition of that volume (the circumstances are attested in the correspondence between author and publisher). This copy belonged to the noted collector and philanthropist Bayard L. Kilgour, a passionate student of Russian culture, benefactor of the Harvard University Libraries and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Kilgour 237.
Octavo (186 x 129mm). (Some light foxing to the initial leaves.) 20th-century cloth preserving the contemporary morocco lettering-piece on the spine. Provenance: Bayard L. Kilgour (bookplate).
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