By V. V. Rozanov; S. S. Koteliansky; James Stephens
London   The Mandrake Press
9.5" by 6.5" [4], iii-iv, [2], 166, [1pp]
The first English edition of aphorisms by the controversial revolutionary Russian author Vasily Rozanov, published by the Mandrake Press.
By V. V. Rozanov; S. S. Koteliansky; James Stephens

1929 Fallen Leaves

London   The Mandrake Press
9.5" by 6.5" [4], iii-iv, [2], 166, [1pp]
The first English edition of aphorisms by the controversial revolutionary Russian author Vasily Rozanov, published by the Mandrake Press.
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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The first Mandrake edition of this work, the first edition in English.

Limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and three.

A very scarce work.

'Fallen Leaves' is a selection of aphorisms intended to recreate the intonations of speech. Rozanov published a rough trilogy of such works, 'Fallen Leaves' part I and II were preceded by 'Solitaria'.

This work was first published in Russian in 1913. 

Written by the controversial Russian author Vasily Rozanov, known for being a philosopher of the pre-revolutionary era in Russia.

Translated from Russian by S. S. Koteliansky.

With a foreword by James Stephens.

Published by the Mandrake Press, a small British press that was founded by Edward Goldston and P. R. Stephensen in 1929. The company ran into financial issues in 1930, leading to a consortium led by the occultist Aleister Crowley formed Mandrake Press LTD. The consortium was also unsuccessful and the press was dissolved in 1930. During their short publishing run the press published over thirty items, including works by D. H. Lawrence, Giovanni Boccaccio Cecil Roth, and more.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, near fine. Faint mark to the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Tidemark to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Some pages uncut to the fore edge.

Near Fine

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