![CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Duel'. Povest. [The Duel. A Tale.] St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1892 [but December 1891].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0093_000(chekhov_anton_pavlovich_duel_povest_the_duel_a_tale_st_petersburg_as_s105311).jpg?w=1)
Details
CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Duel'. Povest. [The Duel. A Tale.] St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1892 [but December 1891].
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia, and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library). This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (180 x 122mm, with deckle edges). With the half-title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves; half-title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian half leather with purple silk sides, top edge red (silk sides worn with some colour filled in). Provenance: S.N. Sal'ko (stamps; binding).
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia, and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library). This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (180 x 122mm, with deckle edges). With the half-title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves; half-title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian half leather with purple silk sides, top edge red (silk sides worn with some colour filled in). Provenance: S.N. Sal'ko (stamps; binding).
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Sven Becker