A Tolstoy rarity
Publication: Izdanie Bibliograficheskago Biuro, Berlin, 1894.
Tolstoy the Wise and the Experienced, here in a series of writings difficult to publish in full in Tsarist Russia. A very rare edition, here in its original wrappers.
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The rare first edition, in the original wrappers, of this collection of essays and short stories published in Berlin at a time when Tolstoy was heavily censored in Russia. Some of these writings were published earlier, but appear here uncensored for the first time.
WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia.
Provenance
B. Behr (bookseller’s stamp on the front cover; small shelf mark in ink on the title); Eden Martin, prominent American collector.
Bibliography
Svod. Kat. russk. nelegalnoi i zapreshchennoi pechati XIX veka 2101.
Item number
1331
Octavo (195 x 130mm, with deckle edges).
Binding
Original yellow paper wrappers printed in black.
Condition
Small chip to the lower corner of the front cover, spine with minor, expert repair, light wear to the extremities, shallow crease on the back cover; occasional light marginal soiling.
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