Bunin, Ivan.

DARK AVENUES [Modern European Library].

London: John Lehmann, 1949.

First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in the publisher's original navy blue cloth with gilt stamping on the spine in a rare near fine vibrant unclipped pictorial dustwrapper designed by Humphrey Spender as issued with minor shelf wear to edges and tiny nick at spine. Size: 8vo. 223 pp. Protected in mylar.

A scarce and highly desirable first English edition of Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin's renowned collection of short fiction. Ivan Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1933), This volume is considered a cornerstone of 20th-century Russian émigré literature and a literary masterpiece focused on themes of dark, ephemeral, and erotic love.

The book contains 20 stories translated into English for the first time from the Russian by Richard Hare. This edition, includes "Dark Avenues," "The Caucasus," and "In Paris"

Item #34264    Price: US$650.00