First US edition of this collection of short stories by the Russian Symbolist and fin de siècle writer.
Very good.
Price: $75.00
Issued from the sheets of the 1915 UK edition published by M. Secker; includes "The Old House," "The Uniter of Souls," "The Invoker of the Beast," "The White Dog," "Light and Shadows," "The Glimmer of Hunger," "Hide and Seek," "The Smile," "The Hoop," "The Search," and "The White Mother."
First printing. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1916. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth. Cancel title tipped into UK sheets, as issued. 295, [1] pages. Some light rubbing to cloth. A few small bumps top boards. Faint foxing to edge and some early pages. A few pages slightly dog-eared. Else a clean and sound example.
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