Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich (1871 - 1919) Prekrasnyia sabinianki. Istoricheskoe proishestvie v trekh chastiakh. Berlin, J. Ladyschnikow Verlag G. m .b. H., [1912] €100
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8 vo, publisher´s covers preserved. FIRST EDITION. FINE.

Russian edition was published in St.Petersburg a year later.
Excellent exhibition copy for exhibitions: WW I Russian POWs. Culture in German WW I POWs camps. 'Special' libraries: [...]

On front cover:' Leonid Andrejew Die schönen Sabinerinnen Preis 1 Mark [+50% in pencil] Tsiena 1 marka Leonid Andreev Prekrasnyia Sabinianki Istoricheskoe proishestvie v trekh chastiakh Berlin J.Ladyschnikow Vwerlag G.M.B.H.' in bottom right corner in pencil ' M 1- +50%'.

Our copy is from WW I POW camp for the Russians. Stamped with a rubber stamp in the form Triangle + by German military censor.

Provenance: M. H. collection. M. H. was a high ranking Russian officer, academician, author and translator.When released he preferred to stay in the West. H.M.inscription on a fly-leaf in legible hand, in blue ink.; Later Mrs. I. H., M. H.´s daughter, library and archives.Mrs. I. H. is a retired academician and certified translator (born 1919- shortly after M. H. release from POW camp).

'A play, The Sorrows of Belgium, was written at the beginning of the War [...] It was produced in the United States, as were the plays, The Life of Man (1917), The Rape of the Sabine Women (1922), He Who Gets Slapped (1922), and Anathema (1923). A popular and acclaimed film version of He Who Gets Slapped was produced by MGM Studios in 1924. Some of his works were translated into English by Thomas Seltzer.'

See: Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen.