Author: Leonid Andreev
Title: The Dark
Description: London, The Hogarth Press, 1922. First edition. Paperback. The first edition in English of Leonid Andreev's expressionist work, The Dark. The first edition in English. Translated by L. A. Magnus and K. Walter, and published by The Hogarth Press. In the original paper wraps. Leonid Andreev was a Russian playwright, novel and short story writer, considered the father of expressionism in Russian Literature. The Dark tells the story of a terrorist who seeks refuge in a brothel. Andreev was known to be a great influence upon horror author H. P. Lovecraft. In the original paper wraps. Externally sound, with the front of the wrap and half title detached from text block. Chipping and closed tears to the extremities. Handling marks to the wraps. Internally generally firmly bound but strained in places. Pages clean with age toning and the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Leonid Andreev Russian Literature The Hogarth Press Russian Literature None


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