Merton reginald translator (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 1st Thus. First thus, first impression. 246pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth is worn and rubbed, with some minor cracking at the base of a lightly sunned spine. Text block edges, endpapers and page margins a little toned. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper. A few minor signs of handling internally. A fine translation of Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time, widely regarded as the first major psychological thriller in Russian literature. First translated into English in 1853 (and, much later by Vladimir Nabokov) under the title Sketches of Life in the Caucasus, by a Russe, it is structured as five interconnected stories revolving around the same main character, Grigory Pechorin. This edition features a foreword by Prince Mirsky one of the finest Russian literary historians. Merton's translation is often considered the most readable and flowing available, as Merton prioritised turning the Russian into natural, elegant English.…

dj. First Edition. [Animal novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price 7s. 6d. to front flap. Previous ownership inscription pencilled to free endpaper, toning to top edge of textblock, slight rolling to spine, dust-jacket toned to spine. A very good copy. 'Rau Tau', translated from the French by Reginald Merton, is a tale of a journey through the African Bush.…