GORKIJ Maksym
IN PRISON
Translated by Mirandola
kRAKÓW 1905, Printed by Administr. "Naprzodu", W Drukarni Wł. Teodorczuk W Krakowie; pp. 72; format 14x17 cm
HARDBACK SEMI-CANVAS BINDING, PERIOD. MARBLED PAPERBOARD
Maksim Gorky[a], actually Alexei Maksimovich Peskov, (born March 16?/ March 28, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire, died June 18, 1936 in Moscow, Russian Federal Soviet Socialist Republic) - Russian writer and publicist. A prominent figure of Russian modernism of the Silver Age period. Considered the initiator of social realism in literature. First chairman of the Union of Writers of the USSR in 1934-1936.
First Polish comprehensive edition of the work!
DB condition/ cover tattered, rubbing and loss of the spine, the block is coming away from the binding, stamp on the title page, otherwise a clean piece
