Kashtanka. Rasskaz (Kashtanka. A Story)
1897 · S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg)
by Chekhov, Anton
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Izdanie A. S. Suvorina, 1897. Fifth edition. Very good. Fifth edition; 7 x 4; pp. [4], 1-65, [3]; 3/4 red cloth and marbled boards; spine slightly faded with a bit of rubbing to tips; small gift inscription to upper margin of title page; faint remnants of a label (?) along hinge of half-title page; illustrated with in-line drawings; very good condition.An early, 19th-century edition of Chekhov's beloved tale of the adventures of a little dog, it was originally published in 1887 in the "Novoe vremia" newspaper under the title "In Learned Society" and in book form under its current name in 1892. Well received and quick to gain popularity, the story went through six separate editions just between 1893 and 1899. (Inventory #: 002303)