Slovesnost i kommertsiya, Literature and Commerce: A.F. Smirdins Book Store by T. Gritz, V. Trenin, M. Nikitin. Published by Federatsiya, Moscow, 1929. In Russian. Hardcover. With illustrations. Library stamps and marks on the front page. Alexander Smirdin, 1795 to 1857, was a prominent Russian publisher and editor. Smirdin published all the best known works by Nikolai Karamzin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov. The book is devoted to the problems of literary life during Smirdins lifetime and the career fate of individual little-studied writers. Antiquarian Librarian Books For Collectors.