person
Salayev
also: Салаев
A bookseller mentioned by Chekhov as selling both Leikin's and his own books; Chekhov cites the poor visibility of these books in Moscow as evidence that Salayev's shop cannot succeed without advertising.
Reading notes
- Letter to N. A. Leikin, March 28, 1887 §8 Salayev
A Moscow bookseller carrying both Leikin's and Chekhov's books; Chekhov uses the poor visibility of his shop as the opening move in an extended, needling argument for advertising.
- To N. A. Leikin, 4 November 1887. Moscow. §15 Salaev
Salayev, a Moscow bookseller specializing in textbooks, named here as another obscure trade figure the reading public does not recognize.
- To N. A. Leikin, 22 December 1888. Moscow. §5 Salaev has sold 60 r. 90
A Moscow bookseller who has sold stock on Leikin's behalf and reports "Motley Tales" completely sold out; distinct from Stupin and Vasilyev in this same letter.
- To N. A. Leikin, 22 December 1888. Moscow. §6 Salaev said to his brother
The "brother" here is Salaev's own brother -- a family bookselling firm -- not a brother of Leikin's; the quoted remark instructs that if there is no time to send copies now, they should simply be turned over to the firm's Petersburg warehouse. No separate entity is created for the unnamed brother, who is not otherwise identified or active in the source beyond being addressed.
- To N. A. Leikin, 23 December 1888. Moscow. §4 Salaev........ 60 r. 90 k.
A Moscow bookseller who has sold stock on Leikin's behalf; the same figure of 60 rubles 90 kopecks reported as received in. Distinct from Vasilyev and Stupin, the other two contacts itemized in this same tally.
- To N. A. Leikin, 23 December 1888. Moscow. §8 The cabman to Salaev's
The same Salaev named above in \S4; the cab fare here is the cost of the errand to reach him, folded into the running balance owed to Leikin.
- To N. A. Leikin, 27 March 1889. Moscow. §3 went on to Salaev's
The Salaev bookselling/publishing concern in Moscow, previously established in the corpus as a bookseller of both Leikin's and Chekhov's own books; reused here, not a duplicate.