A Story Teller's Story. First Russian edition.

Anderson, Sherwood [A Story Teller's Story]. Istoriia Rasskazchika. Translation by El. Romanova.  Preface by S. Dinamov. [Notes by R. Magidov]. Moskva, Goslitizdat, 1935. 12mo, portrait, 318 pp. In original boards.In good condition, wear to edges and corners, portrait and title half-detached from the book, restoration.  First Russian edition. One of 10 000 copies printed. This translation of Sherwood Anderson's autobiography 'A Story Teller's Story' (originally published in 1924) was done by Elena Romanova (1911–1989), a translator better known for her work on Hemingway's writings.The book also includes a preface by the prominent literary critic Sergei Dinamov (Oglodkov; 1901–1939), a leading scholar of American literature and a Shakespearean expert. Dinamov began corresponding with Theodore Dreiser in 1926 and played a significant role in promoting and interpreting Dreiser's work in Russia. Tragically, Dinamov was arrested and executed during the Stalinist purges.Interestingly, in one