The Works of Leo Tolstoy. Including: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection.

TOLSTOY, Leo.

Item Number: 140398

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.

The novels and other works of Leo Tolstoy. Octavo, 24 volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispieces. From the library of Alistair Bradley Martin. Alastair Bradley Martin was a U.S. National Championships title winner, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The New York Times attributes Martin with having helped to “forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game.” In near fine condition.

Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Leo Tolstoy is best known for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches, based upon his experiences in the Crimean War.