Gorky, Maksim

8vo (212 x 148mm.), 3pp. publisher's adverts at end, original green printed wrappers, uncut, collector's grey buckram box, all edges chipped, small tears into text of pp.39-42 and p.175, small stains on pp.43-48 and pp.376-381, small section of fore-edge of p.93 excised, wrapper slightly chipped

Not in Kilgour or Fekula

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FIRST EDITION IN RUSSIAN of Gorky's influential novel about the conversion of factory workers to the revolutionary cause, written in the wake of the 1905 Revolution. It first appeared in New York earlier in 1907, translated into English. It later became the key novel of socialist realism but had little critical acclaim.