V stolitse azarta [I hasardens huvudstad: Monte Carlo-noveller; In the capital of gambling]

Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo

by Heller, Frank and V. V. Kharlamova, translator
Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo "Mysl'," 1926. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; [4], 189 pp. Wrappers lightly creased; small nicks to spine extremities; still good or better. First and only edition, one of many books by Frank Heller (pseudonym of Gunnar Serner, 1886-1947) published in the 1920s, to satisfy the Soviet readers' appetite for sensationalist works full of intrigue. Another work by Heller was translated by Osip Mandelshtam and published the same year. The present novel was translated by V. N. Kharlamova and N. M. Lederle. With a striking photomontage wrapper design; unattributed, but signed P. S. or G. S. As of October 2019, KVK and OCLC only locate the copy at the Swedish National Library. (Inventory #: 50291)
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