WITHOUT CHERRY BLOSSOM ... Translated by L. Zarine. Edited by Stephen Graham

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed. First U.S. edition. Printed from the same sheets at the first U.K. edition (London: Benn, 1930). A collection of love stories, this was the first of several translations of Romanof that appeared in the 1930s. The author, who died in 1936 at 52, was popular in the Soviet Union. Ettlinger and Gladstone, Russian Literature, Theatre and Art: A Bibliography of Works in English, Published Between 1900-1945, p. 74 (citing the Benn edition). Faint stain at gutter near bottom of pages 34-39, a very good copy. (#117230) (Inventory #: 117230)