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CHEKHOV, Anton (1860-1904). Medved'. [The bear]. Moscow: Lithography of Rassokhina’s Theatre, 1888.
A bibliographical rarity: the first edition, wholly lithographed, of the vaudeville The bear, of which only 110 copies were printed. Chekhov dedicated the play to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, a friend since childhood and director, as well as the actor who first played the character Smirnov. Not in Kilgour or Smirnov-Sokol'skii.
Octavo (222 x 180mm), wholly lithographed, unbound as issued, blue paper spine.
A bibliographical rarity: the first edition, wholly lithographed, of the vaudeville The bear, of which only 110 copies were printed. Chekhov dedicated the play to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, a friend since childhood and director, as well as the actor who first played the character Smirnov. Not in Kilgour or Smirnov-Sokol'skii.
Octavo (222 x 180mm), wholly lithographed, unbound as issued, blue paper spine.
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