The Gentleman from San Francisco (Господин из Сан-Франциско / Gospodin iz San-Frantsisko)

Two "firsts" matter to collectors. (1) The absolute first appearance of the text is the fifth "Slovo"/"Word" anthology (Kn-vo pisatelei v Moskve, Moscow, 1915) — a shared anthology, not a Bunin book. (2) The first edition as a stand-alone Bunin-titled book is "Господин из Сан-Франциско. Произведения 1915–1916 г." (same Moscow publisher, 1916). Serious buyers of the Russian original generally chase the 1916 book; purists also seek the 1915 Slovo No. 5 anthology as the genuine first printing. The first ENGLISH-language edition is "The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories," Richmond (Surrey): The Hogarth Press (Leonard & Virginia Woolf), 1922 — translated by S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf, with the title story translated by Koteliansky and D. H. Lawrence (Woolmer 18). The first American edition followed from Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1923.