Pyotr Ilyich CHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893). The Nutcracker. Ballet-Féerie in 2 acts (Moscow, P. Jurgenson, [1892]); in-4, [1 f. title], 171 p., publisher's blue cloth boards decorated with a floral motif on the upper cover. First edition of the score for solo piano reduced by Serge Tanéeff, cotage 17669, published in September 1892, with new title mentioning the version for solo piano simplified by the author published in November, and that for piano 4 hands by A. Arensky. Ink stamp of J. Jurgenson in St. Petersburg. Attached is a set of manuscript or printed music (including 2 bound collections) for piano or melodies, some with consignments to the singer Jane de Théza or Aimée Caporal, mainly by Henri Pfister and F. Retsi (with some orchestration manuscripts by Jules Bentz), with 2 mss by Alix Fournier (one dedicated to Charles Chalupt) and one by Charles Chalupt, and the printed score of Gabriel Fauré's Dolly.