Ivan Bunin: 'Dark Avenues and Other Stories', London, John L...

Hammer

£130

Ivan Bunin: 'Dark Avenues and Other Stories', London, John Lehmann, 1949, 1st UK edition, translated from the Russian by Richard Hare, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by Humphrey Spender, some small part losses, 9s 6d price intact). Collection of short stories by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin. Dark Alleys, "the only book in the history of Russian literature devoted entirely to the concept of love," is regarded in Russia as Bunin's masterpiece, and by the author himself as on of his "moments of perfection". Scarce