“Over the town roamed the homeless moon. I went along with her, warming up in my heart impracticable dreams and discordant songs.”
Babel, recognized as one of the outstanding writers to emerge in modern Russia, is represented in this volume with works that include Red Cavalry, Tales of Odessa and other untranslated and uncollected stories.
London: Methuen and Co, 1957. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 381 pages. Dust jacket in good condition with toning, chipping and edge wear—in protector. Boards and spine clean and bright with only some crushing to spine ends. Binding tight and square. Foyles bookseller sticker on front paste-down. Pages tanned. Very nice copy.
