Isaac Babel
The Collected Stories.
Criterion Books, 1955. First edition. Edited and translated by Walter Morison, with an introduction by Lionel Trilling. 381 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in burnt orange cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's gift inscription and bookplate appears on front flyleaf. Dust jacket, with price of $5.00 on front flap, displays loss at top of spine panel and light soiling to rear panel. Jacket is preserved in paper-backed mylar cover.
"Isaac Babel is coming to be recognized as one of the truly great short-story writers of this century. "The Collected Stories" brings together for the first time the body of the work of this Russian master. It includes "Red Cavalry," "Tales of Odessa," and all the hitherto untranslated and uncollected stories. Walter Morison, who edited this volume, has restored all the censored passages omitted in earlier versions."