NIKOLAI GUMILEV (1886-1921) Ten' ot pal'my: Rasskazy [The Shadow of a Palm -short stories]. St. Petersburg: Mysl', 1922.

88 p.; 15.5x12 cm. Edition of 2,000 copies. Publisher's typographic cover. In good condition. The first and only edition. The collection includes stories: Radosti zemnoy lyubvi; Posledniy pridvornyy poet; Chernyy Dik; Docheri Kaina; Lesnoy dyavol; Skripka Stradivariusa; Afrikanskaya okhota; Puteshestviye v stranu efira. 'Gumilev's novellas are wonderful dreams, full of inner beauty and exquisite in their structure and form.'