The Tales of Chekhov: The Party and Other Stories, Anton Chekhov, First US Edition, 1917, HC, VG.

Chekhov, Anton, and Constance Garnett [transl]. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917. 

English, First US Edition, Very Good, HC, 12mo, 7 3/4" x 5 3/4", 340 pp.

Green glossy cloth over board, blind stamped decorative boarder and illustration to front and spine, stamped gilt lettering to front and spine, stamped gilt decoration to front, minor wear to edges and tips, some pages deckled, pen inscription to front endpaper, light liquid soiling to top edge, light pencil and pen markings, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, unmarked throughout. Protected in a Mylar dust jacket. 6 + [3] 340 + 10 pp., no images, 11 short stories, and 10 pages of advertisement on books by the author and similar works. Beautifully produced collection of short stories by prominent Russian playwright and short-story writer, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and translated by well-known English translator, Constance Garnett (1861-1946).