The Black Monk

by Anton Chekhov

$2,950 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Duckworth & Co, 1903. First edition in English. Octavo. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and red to upper cover, 4 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. A little wear to upper cover affecting 'M' of Monk, extremities a little rubbed and frayed, a little foxing internally but generally clean. A Very Good copy. Chekhov's exceedingly rare first

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