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A Confession and What I Believe; Resurrection; What is Art? And Essays on Art; Nine Stories, 1855-63; Twenty-three Tales; Anna Karenina; The Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil and Other Tales
Leo Tolstoy; Louise Maude [trans.]; Aylmer Maude [trans.]
1921-1973
Humphrey Milford and Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press : London
6" by 4"
xii, 390 [4] [8]; xiv, 461 [5] [16]; xix [1], 339 [1] [16]; viii, 439 [1pp.]; x [2], 298; xiv, 447 [1]; xxi [1] 375pp.
SUMMARY
A set of the Worlds Classics edition of works by Tolstoy, including short stories, essays and novels.
Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
A six-volume set in the publishers original cloth bindings. Anna Karenina retains the original unclipped dust wrapper.
A wonderful collection of works by the renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), translated by the English translators Louise and Aylmer Maude, who were friends of Tolstoy. This set is from The World’s Classics series.
This set comprises:
A Confession and What I Believe, translated with an introduction by Aylmer Maude (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1921)
Resurrection, translated by Louise Maude with an introduction by Aylmer Maude (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1928)
What is Art? And Essays on Art, translated by Aylmer Maude (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1930)
Nine Stories, 1855-63, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, London, 1946)
Twenty-three Tales, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, London, 1947)
Anna Karenina (double volume), translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, with a preface and notes by Aylmer Maude (Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, London, 1951)
The Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil and Other Tales, with a translation of Family Happiness by J. D. Duff, and translations of the other stories, as well as an introduction, by Aylmer Maude (Oxford University Press, London, 1973)
A portrait of Tolstoy has been pasted in to the front paste down of A Confession. Previous owners ink inscriptions to the front free end papers of A Confession, dated 1928, Resurrection, dated 1931, What is Art?, dated 1930, and Twenty-three Tales, dated 1947. Bookplate to the front free end paper of Nine Stories.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth bindings. Anna Karenina retains the original unclipped dust wrapper. Fading to the spine lettering to A Confession. Faint marks to the boards of Twenty-three Tales. Light offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, except for odd spots to the fore edge of Kreutzer Sonata. Dust wrapper to Anna Karenina is generally smart, though scattered with light spots, with a small closed tear to the front of the wrap. Sunning to the spine of the wrap.
Overall Condition: Very Good Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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