Leo Tolstoy 5 Vol OUP World's Classics Set 1934-40 Leatherette Slipcase VGC

Scarce complete Oxford University Press Tolstoy set in matching blue leatherette bindings with original slipcase, ribbon markers and blue top-stained edges.

Description:

Complete 5-volume Leo Tolstoy set published by Oxford University Press (Humphrey Milford) in The World's Classics series.

Titles:

A Confession and What I Believe. 1940

Twenty-Three Tales.1940

On Life and Essays on Religion. 1934

The Kingdom of God and Peace Essays. 1936

What Then Must We Do? 1940

Dates:

1934 (1 volume)

1936 (1 volume)

1940 (3 volumes)

Uniform matching blue leatherette (rexine) bindings with blind-stamped decoration and gilt spine lettering.

Original blue ribbon markers present.

Blue top-stained page edges.

Original publisher's slipcase included.

Condition is exceptionally good for books approaching 90 years old. Pages remain clean and cream throughout with no significant foxing noted. Bindings bright and attractive, having clearly benefited from long-term storage in the original slipcase..( Which is made from thick card. Has been repaired. Acceptable only condition. )

A handsome and increasingly hard-to-find complete set of Tolstoy's religious, philosophical and social writings in the classic Aylmer Maude translations.

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