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SOLOGUB, Fedor [Fedor Kuzmich Teternikov] (1863-1

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St. Petersburg: "Shipovnik," [1910]. 232 pp. 8vo (210 x 155 mm). Rebound in contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards with cloth tips and the original wrappers mounted on the upper and lower covers. Condition: some light soiling and discoloration to the wrappers. Provenance: Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (presentation inscription from the author). rare presentation copy to fellow writer aleksei tolstoi in fond memory. Sologub was an important Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist best known for his novel Melkii bes [The Petty Demon] (1907). Tolstoi (1883-1945) was an important Russian writer of science fiction, historical novels and children's books. Although he dropped the title "Graf" or "Count" after the Revolution, he was often referred to as "Comrade Count." His most famous science fiction novel was Aelita (1923), made into an early silent Soviet movie; and he also retold Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio as Zolotoi kliuchik [The Golden Key] (1936).

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