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The Works of Leo Tolstoy

The Works of Leo Tolstoy

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The Works of Leo Tolstoy: [Complete Set]

by Tolstoy, Leo

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Oxford University Press, for the Tolstoy Society, 1937. Tolstoy Centenary Edition; First Edition in this Format. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good-, bound in full red buckram; with Very Good- dust jackets. Foxing to jackets, and often to first few pages through Title Page. Smudging and toning to jackets, toning to end papers. Mostly minor chipping to jacket edges, with occasional larger chips to jackets at spine (see pictures). Some staining to jackets of Volumes 1, 13 & 14, mostly to crown and rear panel. Hinges generally strong, though most volumes show hinge stretched and at times exposed at gutter between frontispiece and title page, or thereabouts. Shadowing on title page of several volumes from frontispiece. No markings to text. Different Frontispiece in each volume. Complete in 21 volumes. Set includes: Life of Tolstoy (2 vols), Childhood, Boyhood & Youth, Tales of Army Life, Nine Stories, War & Peace (3 vols), Anna Karenina (2 vols), A Confession and the Gospel in Brief, On Life and Essays on Religion, Twenty-Three Tales, What Then Must We Do, Ivan Ilych and Hadji Murad, The Devil and Cognate Tales, Plays, What is Art and Essays on Art, Resurrection, The Kingdom of God and Peace Essays, Recollections and Essays. Translation by Maude, Introductions by various authors. Incredibly scarce set collecting the works one of the great literary minds, who also had significant influence in the tradition of nonviolent resistance, and after his spiritual reawakening, worked deeply into other moral considerations. A formidable mind here represented in a tremendous set.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Works of Leo Tolstoy
Author
Tolstoy, Leo
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
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Edition
Tolstoy Centenary Edition; First Edition in this Format
Publisher
Oxford University Press, for the Tolstoy Society
Date Published
1937
Keywords
Literature, Sets
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket
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Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Spine
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A.N.
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Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
First Edition
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Gutter
The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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