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CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). [The Cherry Orchard], contained in: [Collection of the Association "Znanie" ["Knowledge"] for the year 1903]. St. Petersburg: "Znanie," 1904. 8vo (215 x 146 mm), pp. [iv], 318, [2]; a good copy in original wrappers with full margin. This was the first printing of Chekhov`s It is included here in book II of the almanac for 1903, on pp. 29-105, together with pieces by Kuprin, Skitalets, Chirikov, and Yeshkevich. The first book-form edition followed later the same year (St. Petersburg, Marx, 1904), and introduced certain changes and corrections. As Ernest Simmons notes in 1963 (p.606),
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2014-10-25
