Berlin: Olga Diakow & Co, 1923. A nice German edition of these three tales from Pushkin. First edition thus. German translation (From the Russian) by Ervin Walter. Stiff card boards. These have slight to moderate rubbing, but are still attractive. Cloth spine with a touch of fraying. Inside, the pages are slightly darkened to the edges, but sound. A scarce female publisher from this period. 69 pages. 32.5cm x 24.5cm.

. Une belle édition allemande de ces trois contes de Pouchkine. Première édition. Traduction allemande (à partir du russe) par Ervin Walter. Couverture rigide. Celle-ci présente des frottements légers à modérés, mais reste attrayante. Dos en tissu légèrement effiloché. À l'intérieur, les pages sont légèrement noircies sur les bords, mais en bon état. 69 pages. 32,5 cm x 24,5 cm.

Georg Schlicht (1886–1964) was a versatile German-Russian painter, graphic artist, and theater designer. His artistic style ranged from colorful Impressionism to the cool precision of New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), encompassing landscapes, portraits, figures, still lifes, Hamburg harbor scenes, Russian motifs like the Troika, and later religious themes including an Apocalypse series. Born in Vladykino near Saratov, Russia, to a German engineer father and Russian mother, Schlicht studied at the Bogoljubow Art School and Moscow's Institute for Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Interned during World War I due to his German heritage, he was expelled to Germany in 1918 after the October Revolution, settling in places like Berlin, Eisenach, and Hamburg. He worked as a theater designer, restored frescoes, and exhibited with artists like Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt, and Lovis Corinth. His Berlin studio was destroyed in 1943 bombings, but he continued painting postwar themes of nostalgia for Russia.