Gor´kii, Maksim, pseud. (1868 - 1936)	Russkii sovremennik. Literaturno-khudozhestvennyi zhurnal, izdavaemyi pri blizhaishem uchastii: M. Gor´kogo, Evg. Zamiatina, A. N. Tikhova, K. Chukovskogo, Abr. Efrosa. Kniga pervaia. M.- L., 1924.352 p.	€400

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8 vo, custom made 3/4 linen binding of the period, original covers missing. Hinges skilfully repaired. GOOD to VERY GOOD. VERY RARE. FIRST EDITION of M. Gorky´s essay 'VLADIMIR LENIN'. Differs from all later censored editions. First publication of Evgenii Zamiatin´s ' Rasskaz o samom glavnom'. First publication of Fedor Sologub´s ' Khodit trepalo,-// Aspida zhalo [...] ' The journal was banned for circulation already in 1920s and sent to 'Spetskhran' collections in all major libraries in the USSR for more than six decades. Few copies survived in private hands, both in the USSR and in the West. The original edition is missing in many major Russia´s academic institutions and libraries.