Tolstoi Lyof Dole Nathan Haskell (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. No Jacket. Lacks half title page and title page. Typical library marks; normal scuffs and soils. A readable copy. 311 pages. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A gift book from the late nineteenth century. Faux white leather binding with floral decoration on the front cover. Light wear to the binding. Some soiling to the front and rear covers. A birthday gift presentation from 1904 on the front flyleaf. No odor. No water damage. 38pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No edition. Heavy, extra postage may be required if posted outside South Africa. The boards are edge worn, cocked, a bit chipped and marked. Previous ownership inscription, tanning, age related marks. However, it is still in fair condition considering age, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Early American Printing. Early American edition. This is a small trade sized hardback book with thin white paper covers (designed to look like leather) and gilt and blue floral decorations to the front cover. The covers have ground-in dirt and a spots of foxing to both the front and rear covers. The spine ends and spine joints have flaking and spots of wear to the leather, especially the top front spine joint and bottom front corner. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The front and rear endpapers have noticeable spots of foxing. "In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. , and James Bevel. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection." (from Wikipedia).

Early American printing. [6], 343, [1], [2] pages. Hardcover: H 19.75cm x L 13.25cm. No dust jacket. Brown cloth mildly soiled; shallow chip to front board's top fore-edge corner with small surface loss to cloth at upper fore-edge; light bumping/scuffing to spine ends; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains fairly bright. Foxing/toning to text block edges. Green floral decorated endpapers; past owner's ink signature on ffep verso; a few scattered spots of minor foxing and soiling but interior leaves overall remain clean. Binding is firm. Features six stories: "The Invaders;" "The Wood-Cutting Expedition;" "An Old Acquaintance;" "Lost on the Steppe; or, The Snowstorm;" "Polikushka;" "Kholstomir: A Story of a Horse." The title page imprint and Crowell's rear advertising leaf both cite the firm's address at 13 Astor Place which was their location between 1881-1893 (this according to researcher Sid Huttner's online Lucile Project which tracks the innumerable editions of Owen Meredith's classic novel). It is likely impossible to definitively ascertain Crowell's correct first printing of THE INVADERS but at least this copy is theoretically limited to 1887-1893.

Hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 343 printed pages of text. Spine ends and corners turned-in with shallow rubs, age tanning to the end papers, ink marking to the front free end paper dated 1901 and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN [Literature].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First American Edition; navy c w/gilt letters, gilt symbol on front; patterned end papers; lovely, bright & clean; in mylar protective wraps; 343 clean, unmarked pages.

343pp. + ads 8vo Green cloth, decorative endpapers 1st American edition? Light cover wear, owner's inscription in pencil on front flyleaf, else nice clean tight bright copy: VG+ to Near Fine/no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. LIT 040125 First thus. Very nice blue hard cover with fairly mild wear, including tiny chipping of the cloth at head and heel of spine. Binding is good. Residue of a bookplate peeled off inside the front board. Gold is bright on the titling. Stories include: The Invaders; The Wood-cutting Expedition; An Old Acquaintence; Lost on the Steppe or The Snowstorm; Polikushka; Kholstomir: A Story of a Horse. 349pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards show scuffing, rubbing, and edgewear. Endpages show former owner's writing. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dole, Nathan Haskell (illustrator). No date. 8vo. Pp 769, 4 (glossary). Frontis and 9 plates. 14 page publisher's catalogue. Original cloth, light marking, corners bruised, dent to centre of rear board. A nice copy.98.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tight binding, solid green boards with gently rubbed corners and spine ends, decorated and lettered in gilt, age-toned spine strip with faded but legible gilt lettering, gilt top edge, tissue protected frontispiece and portrait of Tolstoy on half title page, all 12 full-page illustrations present, shows signs of having been exposed to moisture, pages are wavy, but clean and legible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First authorized edition published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, New York 1889. Four volumes in two blue cloth volumes with gold gilt embossing. Light rubbing to cloth boards at corners and spine, otherwise near fine. Binding square and tight. No loose pages or creasing to spine. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front board with owner's initials and date of 1906 in pencil. Minor flaw to corners of six pages in second volume slightly dog-eared. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1890. 243 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Ex-library item with library bookplate present to the front pastedown with library stamps present to the spine. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (mark removed from the spine). Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Gospel in Brief is a 1892 synthesis of the four gospels of the New Testament into one narrative of the life of Jesus by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Included in a larger volume in 1892, the 1896 account published as The Gospel in Brief is notable in that it excludes many of the supernatural aspects of the original gospels, such as their claims of Jesus's divine origins and ability to perform miracles. Instead, the work focuses on Jesus's teachings to his followers, presumably those which Tolstoy found most compelling. The Gospel in Brief is thought by some to be deeply reflective of Tolstoy's own interpretation of Christianity. The Gospel in Brief is said to be the result of Tolstoy's close study of the original Koine Greek New Testament. The account presented in Tolstoy's gospel is also notable in its sharp contrast with the contemporaneous views of the Russian Orthodox Church. Tolstoy was a fierce critic of the Russian Orthodox Church, which went so far as to excommunicate him for his writings on Christianity in 1901.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. "Authorized Edition" stated on title page. No additional date, edition or printing indicated, Near fine plus plus, if not fine hardback. No dust jacket. Vintage bookplate of previous owner (4.25 inch by 2 inch), dated 5/1911 on front pastedown. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover in fair condition, large 8vo, pages: viii,[i],5-773. Green cloth with titles in gold, decoration in gold, green and red, dark green rules, top edge gilt, extra engraved title page with Tolstoi portrait, frontis portrait and title page illustration plus 10 (of 12) black-and-white plates (2 plates missing; pp 536 and 764), inner hinges cracked (reinforced with water-reversible tape), spine ends and tips worn and frayed, board edges worn, spine dulled, bookplate of Martha Platt Falconer, 1862-1941, Ohio-born social reformer and advocate for delinquent and homeless young women. Bookseller accession no.: 24002. Additional postage may be required for international shipment of this heavy volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. viii + 349 pp + vi pp adverts, preface, includes "Lucerne", "Recollections of a Scorer", "Albert", "Two Hussars", "Three Deaths", "A Prisoner in the Caucasus". works written between 1852 and 1859. Binding tight, with slight forward lean; pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved; Slightly age-darkened textblock edges. 5.4" x 7.8" brown cloth with gilt design. Light wear to spine top and tail clot & forecorner tips. in glassine wrapper Size: Small Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. Two books bound together in blue cloth, uniform with Crowell's other Tolstoy titles. Ivan Ilyitch: 311 pp, with xi prelims; Family Happiness: 129 pp, no prelims. No ads, save for list of Crowell's Tolstoy titles facing the title page of Ilyitch. Book is in vert good condition, with some darkening to spine, and dulling to gilt spine titles; covers are very clean, with bright gilt on front cover; previous owner's attractive bookplate on front pastedown, endpapers tan/beige floral pattern. No marks to text-- appears unread. Other Crowell titles uniform with this edition are also available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket present. xi, [1], 311, [1] pages. Glossary. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering and a decoration at the center of the front cover. Cover has wear and soiling, edges and corners rubbed, with some fraying at top and bottom on spine. Decorative endpapers. Footnotes. Some page wear and soiling. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 - 20 November 1910), usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909; the fact that he never won is a major controversy. Tolstoy's notable works include the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth, and Sebastopol Sketches, based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. His fiction includes short stories, novellas, plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his nonfiction work A Confession. Nathan Haskell Dole (August 31, 1852 - May 9, 1935) was an American editor, translator, and author. A writer and journalist, he translated many of the works of Leo Tolstoy and of other Russians; novels of Armando Palacio Valdés; and works from the French and Italian. From 1887 to 1901 he was literary advisor to T. Y. Crowell Publishing Company. The short stories here presented form about one-half of the twelfth volume of Count Tolstoi's collected writings. In the translation of these stories, no attempt has been made to make smooth, easy reading: the effort has been rather to reproduce the crisp, sharp staccato of the Russian. A glossary of all the words found in the text may not be found amiss. For the sake of some reader, who may like a little stronger flavor of the original, certain words and expressions are referred to in footnotes. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. Considered to be one of the finest examples of a novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness. Ivan Ilyich lives a carefree life that is "most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible". Like everyone he knows, he spends his life climbing the social ladder. Enduring marriage to a woman whom he often finds too demanding, he works his way up to be a magistrate, thanks to the influence he has over a friend who has just been promoted, focusing more on his work as his family life becomes less tolerable. While hanging curtains for his new home one day, he falls awkwardly and hurts his side. Though he does not think much of it at first, he begins to suffer from a pain in his side. As his discomfort grows, his behavior towards his family becomes more irritable. His wife finally insists that he visit a physician. The physician cannot pinpoint the source of his malady, but soon it becomes clear that his condition is terminal. Confronted with his diagnosis, Ivan attempts every remedy he can to obtain a cure for his worsening situation, until the pain grows so intense that he is forced to cease working and spend the remainder of his days in bed. Here, he is brought face to face with his mortality and realizes that, although he knows of it, he does not truly grasp it. During the long and painful process of dying, Ivan dwells on the idea that he does not deserve his suffering because he has lived rightly. If he had not lived a good life, there could be a reason for his pain; but he has, so pain and death must be arbitrary and senseless. As he begins to hate his.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Paul Frenzeny (illustrator). 769, [4], [16] pages. Title page call for six illustrations by Paul Frenzeny; this copy has 10 plates including frontispiece. No stated date of issue. One volume edition, in publisher's blue cloth. Extremities rubbed. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Cigarette burn to page 285 as seen in photo; short closed tear to margin of page 415. Binding is sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. VG beige cloth 12mo hardcover with titling and decoration on front board. Poor dj is lacking rear panel. Small stain at spine head affecting boards only. English text. Text all clean and mark free. 1887 date on cp. Approx 20pp. Scarce.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. E. Boyd Smith (illustrator). 11 Volumes, lightly soiled boards, The books are unnumbered, and are missing Anna Karenina Vol. I and II. 1 The Cossacks, Sevastopol, The Invaders, and Other Stories frontispiece by F. C. Yohn and other illustrators 2 My Confession, My Religion, The Gospel in Brief frontis sketch of Tolstoi by Ryepin 3 What is to be Done, Life 4 The Kingdom of God is Within You, What is Art? What is Religion? Frontispiece by Ryepin 5 The Long Exile, Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas Frontispiece by T. V. Chominski 6 A Russian Proprietor The Death of Ivan Ilyitch and other Stories. Frontispiece by T. V. Chominski 7 Resurrection Vol. I-II 8 Anna Karenina Vol. III Childhood, Boyhood, Youth. 9 War and Peace Vol. I and II 10 War and Peace Vol. III and IV 11 War and Peace Volumes V and VI The volumes are sound and the pages are clean. One volume has a small tear on several pages. Illustrations.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. Seond American Edition. In original green cloth with decorative gilt medallion front cover, top edge gilt, spine gilt, plain white endpapers. No other titles listed ahead of title page and no ads at back. viii, 5-773 pages with 14 illustrations. Two title pages, first with engraved portrait and tissue-guarded frontis illustration. A Very Good copy, front hinge cracked but holding nicely, spine faded yet legible, light wear to cloth at the tips, prior owner name and date front end page, occasional toning. Basis for 15 film versions from 1911-2012, and 6 TV versions, as well as operas, ballets, and musical theatres. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 773 pages; personal plate from previous owner and minor markings on front endpapers. Moderate rubbing and fading on the covers and spine. Cocked spine. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. First English Edition; No Printing Stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Undated c1889. Description: Blue cloth with gilt lettering, motif and design to front and spine. Language: English. Book Condition> Fair: heavy wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Repaired spines to two volumes - see photos. Forward roll to two volumes. Tanned intact endpapers with strong hinges to all volumes. Tanned unmarked pages. Pages 359, 392, 424, 408 Plus Catalogue To Rear Of All Volumes. Size: 12mo (large), 19cm by 12.5cm. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.

orig. cloth Very Good octavo 773pp., frontis., glossary, Sound copy in red/brown cloth boards. 'Standard Library edition' in gilt on spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of Vronsky meeting Anna at the station. Only date is 'copyright 1886' on verso of title-page. Lacks front end paper & wear to boards at extremities o/w a nice tight copy of a very early edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. A lovely set of four volumes in two that published after the four volume first authorized American edition in olive cloth by the same publisher. In blue cloth and bright gilt. Top pages tinted blue, others tanned. Some wear to spine ends with a few tiny splits at tops, one to volume two may have had a drop of glue. Small faint stain to spine of volume one. Previous owner's name in pencil to ffeps, interiors otherwise clean and bindings solid. Early Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First English Edition. Hardcover; Hardcover. Green cloth boards with title in gold on front board and spine. Soil, edge wear and fraying. Sun darkened spine. Fore edge soil. Floral endpapers. Text pages are clean. First english edition with 6 titles facing the title page, 4 pages of ads in rear. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; 8VO.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Four volumes printed and bound in two volumes, as issued. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. Edge wear and bumped corners to covers. Previous owner's name inside. Authorized translation and preface by Nathan Haskell Dole. Book four contains synopsis of each chapter, list of principal characters, and list of places mentioned. 3.