[First translation into Russian.] Stribling, T. S. [Teeftallow] Tiftalow.

First translation into Russian.

Stribling, T. S. [Teeftallow] Tiftalow.

Leningrad: Vremya, 1927. 8vo (200x140mm), 272 pages.

In original wrappers, wrapped in tracing paper. Wrappers show light tearing, owner’s marginalia on the back. Pages yellowed, lightly foxed, some pages have small tears along the edges. Overall in fair condition.4150 copies printed.

The first and only Russian translation of Tiftalow by T.S. Stribling (1881-1965), an American writer and Pulitzer Prize laureate (1933).

The novel was translated by Mark Volosov (1895-1941). Volosov was captured during the First World War, but managed to escape to Norway and subsequently to the US. Upon his return to Russia in 1923, he pursued a career in translation. He introduced Russian readers to works of Theodore Dreiser, Michael Gold, and Erskine Caldwell, and was regarded as one of the most popular translators of his time.

We couldn’t trace any copy of this edition in the USA or European libraries via OCLC.