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First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's Sebastopol
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Sebastopol. [Sevastopol].
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887.
First American edition of Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches, which formed the basis of many of the episodes in his magnum opus, War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Tolstoy. Translated from the French by Frank D. Millet. With an introduction by W. D. Howells. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123564
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1898.
First edition in English of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124036
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"So that, in learning the truth I drew from the gospel, I was not only no alone, but was with all the best men of the past and present": First American edition of Leo Tolstoy's The Christian Teaching
TOLSTOY, Leo.
The Christian Teaching.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898.
First American edition of Tolstoy's work the history and influence of Christianity, inspired by his own spiritual awakening. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt. Translated by Vladimir Tchertkoff. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 124255
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“Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime": Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Resurrection: A Novel.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1905.
The complete and final revision of Tolstoy's final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with thirty-three illustrations by Pasternak including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Translated by Louise Maude. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127992
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Scarce first English edition of Leo Tolstoy's Patriotism and Christianity
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Patriotism and Christianity.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.
First English edition of Tolstoy's important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. Scarce.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 127590
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“Every man and every living creature has a sacred right to the gladness of springtime": Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Resurrection: A Novel.
London: The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900.
Second edition in English of Tolstoy's final novel which outsold both Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Tall octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 127408
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Leo Tolstoy's Sevastopol and Other Stories
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Sevastopol and Other Stories: The Wood-Felling, Meeting a Moscow Acquaintance, and Two Hussars.
London: Grant Richards, 1903.
First edition of this compilation of Tolstoy's stories with an introduction by Aylmer Maude and a preface by Leo Tolstoy not contained in any previous edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 128094
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Leo Tolstoy's Childhood, Boyhood, Youth; Inscribed by Him to His Doctor
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth].
Moscow: Typ. I.N. Kushnerev i Ko, 1893.
Early Russian printing of Tolstoy’s trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, Youth. Quarto, original half leather. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his doctor, “To Dmitry Vasil’evich Nikitin. Leo Tolstoy. 28 March 1903.” With an original photograph of Tolstoy with Dmitry Nikitin opposite the title page. The recipient, Dmitry Nikitin was Tolstoy’s family doctor who described him as ‘‘a very attentive person [who] knows everything that medicine knows now.” The son of a priest from a small village, served as Tolstoy’s first family and later treated M. Gorky. Beginning in the 1850s, Tolstoy had to turn to doctors…
Price: $45,000.00 Item Number: 133583
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First Edition of Leo Tolstoy's What is Art?
TOLSTOY, Leo.
What Is Art?
London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.
First edition of this work by the Russian master. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Tolstoy. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the half-title page. Translated by A. Maude.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 133803
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Scarce first English edition of Leo Tolstoy's Patriotism and Christianity
TOLSTOY, Leo.
Patriotism and Christianity.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1896.
First English edition of Tolstoy's important work on non-resistance. Octavo, original cloth. With a note to English readers by John C. Kenworthy. In very good condition with some toning to the spine. Scarce.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 146054
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"Standing , in a dream, on a white peak which seemed to be wavering to and for, I was proclaiming to all mankind what was in my soul, but had never before become known to me": First edition of Leo Tolstoy's Stories & Dramas
TOLSTOY, Leo N.
Stories & Dramas.
London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1926.
First edition of this rare collection of thirteen of Tolstoy's short stories including The Dream and The Nihilist; the publisher's retained copy with their 'File Copy' label to front pastedown and perforated stamp to endpaper and title page. Translated form the Russian by Mrs. Lydia Turin, Mrs. H. M. Lucas and C. J. Hogarth. In near fine condition. With the original publisher's advertisement leaf laid in.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 123449
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"Among the most important novels in world literature": First Edition In English Of Leo Tolstoy’s Masterpiece War and Peace
TOLSTOY, Leo. (Count Lyof N Tolstoi).
War and Peace. A Historical Novel.
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886.
First editions in English of Tolstoy's masterpiece; one of the most important novels in world literature and widely considered the greatest novel ever written. Small octavo, six volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Translated into French by 'A Russian lady' and from the French by Clara Bell. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities. An excellent set of Tolstoy's masterpiece.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 96223
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"As art it is perfection" (Dostoevsky); Rare First Russian Edition Of Tolstoy’s Masterpiece Anna Karenina
TOLSTOY, Leo. [Count Lyof N Tolstoi].
Anna Karenina.
Moscow: T. Ris, 1878.
First edition in Russian of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles, raised bands. Housed in a custom box. In near fine condition. First editions in Russian are rare.
Price: $27,500.00 Item Number: 126365
