Anton Tchekhov: Literary and Theatrical Reminiscences

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo. xxxii, 248 (1) pp, b&w frontis, note, chronological table of the life and works of Anton Tchekhov, Anton Tchekhov's autobiography, stories of Anton's early life by Alexander Tchekhov. Part I. Literary Reminiscences: Tehekhov's Creative Method by Y. Sobolev (Intrductory); Fragmentary Reminiscences by Michael Tchekhov. Reminiscences of Tchekhov by V. Korolenko; from Souvorin's Diary; Leo Tolstoy on Tchekhov; An Afterword to Tchekhov's Story The Darling by Leo Tolstoy; Reminiscences of Tchekhov by Alexander Kuprin and Ivan Bunin; Fragmentary Reminiscences by Maxim Gorky.. Part II. Theatrical Reminiscences: Tchekhov and the Moscow Art Theatre by N. Efron (introductory) and VI. Nemirovich-Danckenko; Reminiscences of Tchekhov recorded by L. A. Soulerzhitsky from accounts furnished by the actors and actresses of the Moscow Art Theatre; Reminiscences by Ivan Tchekhov, et al.; Tchekhov and the Theatre by Lionid Andreyev. Part III. Anton Tchekhov's Diary; A Recollection by VI. Nemirovich Danchenko; Tchekhov's Hitherto Unpublished Works; index. Translated and edited by S. S. Koteliansky: First English Edition, 1927. Small owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown. Age-toned title plate spine, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Dark blue cloth with tipped-in paper title plates and black lettering to front board and spine..