THE VILLAGE PRIEST and Other Stories from the Russian...Translated by Beatrix L. Tollemache. With an Introduction by C. Hagberg Wright.
Edition: First edition in English
London: Unwin, 1918. Cream cloth lettered in black. (xxiv), (172) pp. Spine lightly darkened; small green spot to lower page edges (not penetrating into margins); endpapers tanned from offsetting of binding; 1920 ink name to front free endpaper; scattered foxing to text; old repair to upper outer corner of front free endpapr; yellowing to page edges and lightly to text; else a VG unworn copy of a scarce book. Contains the title story, and "The Old Nurse" by Militsina, the first publication in English of a then new Russian author. Contains "Konyaga", "A Visit to a Russian Prison", and "The Governor" by Saltikov, one of the great figures in 19th century Russian literature.