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PUSHKIN ALEXANDER (1799-1837) Boris Godunov. St. Petersburg: Department narodnogo prosvesheniya, 1831.
- [6], 142 p.; 19.8x12.3 cm. Edition of 2,000 copies. Contemporary full-leather binding with gold embossing on the spine and both covers, with the super ex-libris of A. and S. Vengerov, flyleaves made of embossed paper with a gold-embossed border. In good condition. Avant-title, half-title, and pp. 125-142 restored, the title page is a reprint. First edition. The book's edition was purchased by the publisher Smirdin, and it was sold in his shops for 10 rubles each. The commercial success of the poem was extraordinary. More than 400 copies were sold on the first morning after its publication. Bibliography: Smirnov-Sokolsky. Pushkin. No. 25; Smirnov-Sokolsky. No. 1011; Markov. No. 22; Ulyaninsky. No. 4272; Rozanov. No. 1375; Lesman. No. 1885.
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PUSHKIN ALEXANDER (1799-1837) Boris Godunov. St. Petersburg: Department narodnogo prosvesheniya, 1831.
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