Lazarus [with] The Gentleman from San Francisco. Lazarus by Leonid Andreyev and The Gentleman from San Francisco by Ivan Bunin. Translated by Abraham Yarmolinsky. Stratford Universal Library. by ANDREYEV, Leonid. BUNIN, Ivan - 1918

Boston: 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 uncommon title, especially so in dustjacket; this a lovely copy.