The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy Vol I by Leo Tolstoy 1904, Hardback 

‘Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, The Incursion’

Author: Count Lev N. Tolstoy, Translator: Leo Weiner, Publisher: J.M. Dent & Co Used: Very Good Antique Condition

This 1904 Hardback Edition is in very good condition for it’s age accompanied with three lovely illustrations of the narrators life as it is a trilogy chronicling the emerging years of youth. The spine of the book has some wear and tear and the first page at the front and the last page of the back has a type of stain that doesn’t seem to go through the other side, but otherwise the book itself is in excellent condition.  

The book was published by J.M. Dent and Sons in 1904 as an English translation which seeks to translate the book without any attempts ‘to correct Tolstoy’s style’. In the first page is a lovely, signed inscription of the books previous owner dating back to 1911.

The pages of the fore edge of the book seem to be purposely frayed, as was the process at the time, in what was known as deckle edge and the head and tail are gilded edged.

A lovely book for any collection.

This item was kindly donated to raise funds for the Vision Foundation, London’s leading sight loss charity supporting the city’s best projects for blind and partially sighted people.