Lazarus bound together with The Gentleman from San Francisco
191819741Boston: The Stratford Company Publishers 1918. First American Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo 20cm; beige paper-covered boards with titling and rule printed in dark brown on front panel; dustjacket; 58pp 6 ads. Light wear to crown with faint sunning to board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket shows light edgewear with tiny chips at spine ends and old partial sticker removed from 25c price at base of spine; flaps trimmed presumably as-issued; Very Good. Apparent first appearance of each story in English a joint publication by The Stratford Universal Library. Both Lazarus and The Gentleman from San Francisco are early works in translation for Andreyev and Bunin. Bunin whose style was deeply rooted in the Russian folkloric tradition had the distinction of being the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. An especially scarce title in dustjacket. The Stratford Company, Publishers unknown books
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