THE FISHERMEN. Translated and with a Preface by Dr. Angelo S. Rappoport. by GREGOROVITSH, (Dimitry) [Dmitrii Vasil'yevich Grigorovich, 1822-99] - 1926

London / Philadelphia: London: Stanley Paul / David McKay, no date [1926]. 1926. Hardcover. New edition (first UK was in 1916). 16mo, dark green cloth stamped in black and blind, with a nice floral decoration to spine and front cover. [4], 368 pp. Fine copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has large chips to spine tips and panels, edge tears; fair. The 12th volume in the publisher's International Library series. "Dimitry Gregorovitxh, whose novel THE FISHERMEN now appears for the first time in English dress, entered the arena of Russian Literature almost simultaneously with Tourgeniev, and is rightly considered to be one of the best exponents of the life of the Russian working people." - translator's preface. Uncommon book, even more so in any kind of jacket. "The Russian Dickens". .