Author: GARSHIN, V. (S Stepniak, E L Voynich)
Title: Stories from Garshin. Translated by E.L. Voynich. Introduction by S. Stepniak. (the Independent Novel Series).
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. A very good copy. Barely used. Original light blue glazed cloth, finely decorated and lettered in brown. 230pp. untrimmed. A very good copy. Barely used. Very slight slant, mild unobtrusive damp spotting to title page. Vsevolod Garshin was best known for his short-stories. This edition is of particular interest with its introduction by the revolutionary Sergei Stepniak (Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky). The translator Ethel Lilian Voynich née Boole, partner of Polish revolutionary and prominent London bibliophile and bookseller Wilfrid Voynich, was involved in pro-revolutionary activity in London and indeed learnt Russian from Stepniak. Hardback.

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