TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich; MAUDE, Aylmer (translator and editor)

The Works of Leo Tolstoy

Name: The Works of Leo Tolstoy
Brand: TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich; MAUDE, Aylmer (translator and editor)
SKU: 121677
Price: 4767.00 USD
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Louise and Aylmer Maude [trans & ed] Published by The Tolstoy Society, Oxford University Press,

Stock Code 121677

London The Tolstoy Society, Oxford University Press, 1928.

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An impressive twenty-one volume edition of the works of celebrated Russian novelist and ethicist Leo Tolstoy, one of the most influential authors of all time. Complete in twenty-one volumes, translated into English and edited by Louise and Aylmer Maude, and with Maude's biography of Tolstoy serving as volumes I and II.

This set was published to celebrate the centenary of Tolstoy's birth. Each volume features an introduction from various writers, including Hugh Walpole and H. G. Wells. Volumes 1 & 2: Life of Tolstoy, First Fifty Years and Later Years, by Aylmer Maude Volume 3: Childhood, Boyhood and Youth Volume 4: Tales of My Life Volume 5: Nine Stories Volumes 6, 7 & 8: War and Peace Volumes 9 & 10: Anna Karenina Volume 11: A Confession & The Gospel in Brief Volume 12: On Life & Essays on Religion Volume 13: Twenty-Three Tales Volume 14: What then Must we Do? Volume 15: Ivan Ilych & Hadji Murad Volume 16: The Devil and Cognate Tales Volume 17: Plays Volume 18: What is Art? & Essays on Art Volume 19: Resurrection Volume 20: The Kingdom of God & Peace Essays Volume 21: Recollections & Essays.

1st thus, 'Centenary' edition; 21 volumes, 8vo (195 x 140mm); each illustrated with frontispieces/photogravures, title pages divided by tissue-guards, occasional offsetting to ffeps, no inscriptions, overall pages are clean and bright; publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spines, original, unclipped dust-jackets, some dust soiling and rubbing to extremities, minor chip that on Anna Karenina, overall a handsome set in very good condition.

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