Lot 253
TOLSTOY, Count Lev Nikolaevich (1828-1910). Anna Karenina. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1886.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021 10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$400 - $600

Sold for $1,250

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
TOLSTOY, Count Lev Nikolaevich (1828-1910). Anna Karenina. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1886.

8vo. 1p. publisher's advertisements at front, 4p. publisher's advertisements at end. Original brown cloth, gilt-stamped on spine and upper cover, floral endpapers (some light rubbing or wear to spine ends and extremities).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, EARLY PRINTING with Anna Karenina listed first on the advertisement leaf at front.  Tolstoy's work was first published in book form in Moscow in 1878. The present edition was issued in blonde, brown, blue and green cloth, with no established priority.

[With:]

TOLSTOY. War and Peace. Translated by Clara Bell. New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886-1887. 4 volumes, comprising Vols. I & II, each in two parts (of 6, lacking Vol. II in two parts), 8vo. Publisher's advertisements at end of 3 volumes. Original publisher's brown cloth blocked in black and gilt. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Vol. I parts I and II. 

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