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BABEL, Isaak Emmanuilovich (1894-1940). Rasskazy. [Short Stories.] Moscow: State Press, 1925.
The first edition of Babel's first book, a collection of short stories. Babel 'was, perhaps, the first Soviet prose writer to achieve a truly stellar stature in Russia [and] to enjoy a wide-ranging international reputation as a grand master of the short story' (Freidin). RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. Another work with the same title and date was printed later that year under the imprint of Ogonek. Freidin, 'Isaac Babel (1894-1940)', in European Writers: The Twentieth Century, p.1885. Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Moia biblioteka, 3024.
Octavo (172 x 124mm). (Margins yellowed; small dampstain in the margin of some leaves.) Original white wrappers printed in blue (rebacked with some of the original spine; one corner repaired; some staining). Provenance: a contemporary reader (occasional light marginalia in ink).
The first edition of Babel's first book, a collection of short stories. Babel 'was, perhaps, the first Soviet prose writer to achieve a truly stellar stature in Russia [and] to enjoy a wide-ranging international reputation as a grand master of the short story' (Freidin). RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. Another work with the same title and date was printed later that year under the imprint of Ogonek. Freidin, 'Isaac Babel (1894-1940)', in European Writers: The Twentieth Century, p.1885. Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Moia biblioteka, 3024.
Octavo (172 x 124mm). (Margins yellowed; small dampstain in the margin of some leaves.) Original white wrappers printed in blue (rebacked with some of the original spine; one corner repaired; some staining). Provenance: a contemporary reader (occasional light marginalia in ink).
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