Robert M. McBride, NY, 1923. Black cloth, deckled pages, gilt letters. Spine bumping, hd & ft, corners. Previous seller's price-marks, corner of fff, in pencil; small label, inside back board. No other markings. Crisp white pages, appears to be un-read. Gilt has faded from spine, incised letters are still legible. Tightly bound.248 pages.
First American Edition. Unusual contemporary novel of Croatian peasant life, detailing the experiences of Yella, "her mother, her husband, and her lover".
Cécile Tormay (October 8, 1876 – April 2, 1937) was a Hungarian writer, intellectual, right-wing political activist, feminist, literary translator, and social theorist.
