Odin iz mnogikh i drugie razskazy (One of Many and Other Stories)

Moskva (Moscow): I. D. Sytin, 1911. Very good. Fifth edition; 8 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], 4-109, [3]; glossy, chromolithographed paper over boards and 1/4 cloth, designed by K. Chizhov; illustrated with numerous in-line drawings and plates (attributed to S. Pichugin); previous owners' inscription and personal stamp to title page; a bit of wear to edges of boards; occasional smudges and spots to margins; in about very good condition.Klavdiia Lukashevich (1859 - 1931) was an educator and author, writing exclusively for children. Immensely popular, her works would boast a circulation of over a million and a half copies in the early 20th century. After losing her son during WWI, she also ran a shelter for kids, whose parents were on the front lines. After 1921, the People's Commissariat pronounced her books "inconsistent with the spirit of the times" and "petty-bourgeois," resulting in many of them being removed from libraries and pulled off bookstores' shelves.