Silence; Translated from the Russian by John Cournos

Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pale gray boards, front cover paper label printed in red and black. Very good. 32 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Andreyev, a depressive who attempted suicide more than once, led a tortured yet prolific life. He came into his own around the turn of the century after Gorki gave him some encouragement. Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun was a writer and translator of Russian-Jewish background. Cournos in his Foreword called this work a melancholy poem. This publication from the "Modern Author's Series." Some toning to covers, head corners bumped, interior contents clean.