May 14, 2019 - Sale 2508

Sale 2508 - Lot 273

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ZAMIATIN, EUGENE. We. Translated from the Russian by Gregory Zilboorg. 8vo, publisher's black cloth, gilt border and titles to front cover; gilt faded from spine, faint staining to front cover, slightly shaken, corners bumped with light exposure, rear cover with small abrasions; lacking the exceedingly rare dust jacket; ownership signature to rear pastedown. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1925

Additional Details

first edition, second printing, (March 1925). Suppressed upon its completion in 1921 by the Soviet censors, the manuscript then found its way to the US and published by Dutton in translation. A Russian edition did not appear until 1988. Scarce surviving example with no copies traced at auction on ABPC or AE.