Pikovaya Dama. [Queen of Spades].
St Petersburg, R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1911
This is a fine example of a work, (which is normally found heavily foxed), with the boards in pristine condition thanks to a contemporary dust-wrapper.
First edition; 4to (30 x 24 cm); 15 mounted colour plates, numerous colour illustrations in text, all by Benois; publisher's cream paper boards with blind and gilt panel decoration, flat spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, inner front hinge cracked, in a contemporary waxed paper dust-wrapper, somewhat worn at edges and split at spine, boards in a very fresh condition, a fine example; [4], xxii, 68 pp.
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