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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Duel'. Povest. [The Duel. A Tale]. St Petersburg: A. Suvorin, 1892 [but December 1891].
已结束2019年7月9日
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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Duel'. Povest. [The Duel. A Tale]. St Petersburg: A. Suvorin, 1892 [but December 1891].
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record a single copy having been offered at auction: Eden Martin’s, Christie’s 2018), and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library) appears to be located in libraries outside of Russia. This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (172 x 111mm). With the half title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves, half title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian quarter sheep, flat spine filleted and lettered in gilt including the monogram KL in Cyrillic characters at the foot (spine rubbed, rear cover a little discoloured). Provenance: monogram KL on spine.
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record a single copy having been offered at auction: Eden Martin’s, Christie’s 2018), and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library) appears to be located in libraries outside of Russia. This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (172 x 111mm). With the half title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves, half title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian quarter sheep, flat spine filleted and lettered in gilt including the monogram KL in Cyrillic characters at the foot (spine rubbed, rear cover a little discoloured). Provenance: monogram KL on spine.
CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Duel'. Povest. [The Duel. A Tale]. St Petersburg: A. Suvorin, 1892 [but December 1891].
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record a single copy having been offered at auction: Eden Martin’s, Christie’s 2018), and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library) appears to be located in libraries outside of Russia. This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (172 x 111mm). With the half title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves, half title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian quarter sheep, flat spine filleted and lettered in gilt including the monogram KL in Cyrillic characters at the foot (spine rubbed, rear cover a little discoloured). Provenance: monogram KL on spine.
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record a single copy having been offered at auction: Eden Martin’s, Christie’s 2018), and just one copy of the second edition (the Kilgour copy at Harvard's Houghton Library) appears to be located in libraries outside of Russia. This novella was first serialised in the pages of Novoe Vremia in October-November 1891. Kilgour 230 (second edition only).
Small quarto (172 x 111mm). With the half title (light scattered spotting, more pronounced in the first and last few leaves, half title evenly toned). Contemporary Russian quarter sheep, flat spine filleted and lettered in gilt including the monogram KL in Cyrillic characters at the foot (spine rubbed, rear cover a little discoloured). Provenance: monogram KL on spine.
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