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A beautiful individual volume from Charles Scribner's Sons' celebrated collected edition of Tolstoy's works, published in New York in 1911. This is Volume XIV, containing The Death of Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories, in the original deep navy publisher's cloth with gilt-ruled border, a central gilt floriate device, and a richly gilt-ornamented spine bearing the series title and volume number. Top edge gilt; pages left with their original untrimmed deckle edges. Includes the original frontispiece illustration — an original drawing by T. V. Chominski — protected by a captioned tissue guard. Light surface soiling to the boards; text toned throughout as expected for paper of this age; binding firm. The Death of Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories was translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1899).
A beautiful individual volume from Charles Scribner's Sons' celebrated collected edition of Tolstoy's works, published in New York in 1911. This is Volume XII, containing The Invaders and Other Stories, in the original deep navy publisher's cloth with gilt-ruled border, a central gilt floriate device, and a richly gilt-ornamented spine bearing the series title and volume number. Top edge gilt; pages left with their original untrimmed deckle edges. Includes the original frontispiece illustration — an original drawing by T. V. Chominski — protected by a captioned tissue guard. Light surface soiling to the boards; text toned throughout as expected for paper of this age; binding firm. The Invaders and Other Stories was translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1899).
This beautiful edition is in fine condition, with clean, crisp, unmarked pages and equally clean boards throughout.
This beautiful German edition remains in very good condition. The pages are clean, crisp, and the green linen boards are well kept with one mark on the front board. A dust jacket is not present, and an elegant cloth book cover is included with this copy.
This softcover edition is in fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, with light annotations, and the book remains firm and well preserved.
This beautiful softcover edition is in fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight and unmarked, and the book remains firm and clean.