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From my teacher friend:

A sentence with "Both (one person)and (another person)" or "Neither (one person)nor (another person)" forms something almost like a set phrase, eg 'both patient and...

I have an audiobook of the Russian text, so I'll look out for the intonation.
I messaged my teacher friend. If he can't explain it, no-one can! He has taught English in Turkey for 20 years, where...

Yes, as far as I could tell that's what it means. Your 'amazement equation' looks right...!

I'd phrase it as
'Both editor and poet were not so much amazed to find 'Nasha Marka' in the cigarette...

I think I get your point, thanks.

'И редактора и поэта не столько поразило то, что нашлась в портсигаре именно «Наша марка», сколько сам портсигар.'
I haven't seen сколько used like this before.
The last phrase maybe means '...,...