MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF VINTAGE BOOKS / RUSSIAN LITERATURE / LEO TOLSTOY

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DESCRIPTION:  International Collector’s Library full leatherette binding LONG OUT OF PRINT EDITION of ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy.  THIS IS A VINTAGE HEIRLOOM EDITION OF ONE OF TOLSTOY’S GREATEST WORKS.  ALL THE GOLD YOU SEE IS ACTUAL 24K EMBELLISHMENTS AND BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE COLORED & BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS.  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL EDITIONS OF THIS RUSSIAN CLASSIC YOU CAN FIND. COVETED VINTAGE COLLECTOR’S NOTES ARE INCLUDED… 🍍 NOT INCLUDED… 😃 


The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s.

Generally, the books followed the 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ book size format.  The binding designs were adapted based on old “Golden Age of Bookmaking” bindings, and made to look like leather-bound copies (leatherette).  The bindings were embossed with 24K gold embellishments, and some copies had gilt edges (thin layer of gold leaf) applied.  A sewn in satin ribbon marker was also added in most books.  There were over 400 editions published in a variety of bindings.  Some editions came with loose-leaf inserts that described the book club, the bindings and design styles, and a story synopsis of the book-in-hand.


ABOUT THE BOOK: Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 19th-century St. Petersburg. Anna's husband, Alexei, offers her a difficult choice: Go into exile with Vronsky but never see her young son again, or remain with her family and abide by the rules of discretion. Meanwhile, a farmer named Levin pines for Princess Kitty, who only has eyes for Vronsky.

CONDITION:  Book is in EXCELLENT condition for its age (1944 EDITION) with some shelfwear to the edges of the boards and spine, a fixed front hinge, and some age spots to the page ends, something very common in these very old editions, (SEE PICS BETTER DETAILS).  NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC.  It is a SPECTACULAR EDITION.  MAKES A GREAT READING COPY!  

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