Description: What People Live By/What Men Live By. 1886 First Edition by Leo Tolstoy Hardcover Condition: Good+ First Edition Octavo 83 pages Original cobalt blue cloth cover with illustrated black and white paste-on picture, gilt lettering on front and spine. Illustrated title page and three more b&w illustrations scattered throughout. Translated from the Russian by Mrs Aline Delano, a woman. Subsequent translators used the gendered terminology and called the book by it's more widely-known title, "What Men Live By." Other idiosyncrasies include spelling the author's name, "Tolstoi." Book is in good to very good condition. Has moderately bumped corners, and a little fraying to the bottom of the spine (on the front). Small area of soiling on FFEP and front end paper Book also has 4 smudged/soiled pages, which is the exception, as most pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, cover is gorgeous in hue with shiny gilding. A beautiful book!!
Price: 50 USD
Location: Millis, Massachusetts
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: D. Lothrop & Co.
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Modified Item: No
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1886
