Dole Nathan Haskell Translator (33 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. An unabridged republication by Dover from 2000 of a work orig. published in 1907, with the original interior illustrations unfortunately omitted, but the cover drawing from 1899 (artist's name in Russian) intact. Contains 7 stories in 112 pages. Trade paperback is in VG condition: completely clean & bright & unmarked, with minor edgewear & slightly bent corners. Very mild rippling to the top outer corners of about the last 10 pages, but no staining. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

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

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. dover ed edition. 88 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Yellow cloth boards with a green design and gilt lettering and gilt top edge. Unmarked with the exception of a name written on the front endpaper. Pages yellowed from age. Pages are loose but still attatched to the binding. No dust jacket as issued. Major soiling and discoloration to the spine and edges of the cover. Some light bumping on the spine edge and corners. Scuffs all across cover.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. cover shows minor wear, rubbing, tanning, bumped corners. pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. very rare dust jacket color picture of woamn in castle book and dj very nice $1.50 price intact on flap.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 485pp.The first printing of this "Complete Edition" with a photo.portrait frontis of a painting of Count Tolstoi in 1887 by Ryepin. Gilt titles to spine which . In good condition for 100 years old is rubbed at the head. Internally unmarked and tightly bound. A good copy for 100 years of age.…

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. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by translator Thompson on frontispiece portrait. A very good copy in original light gray cloth stamped in gilt, paper spine label (label nicked; light wear to cloth).

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, plain boards, cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Some of the prelims detached, pages are tanned and clean.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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. …

Condition: Very Good. A Very Good or Slightly Worse Book. Binding cloth is worn to extremities. Cloth is generally sunned, significantly darkened to spine. Some marking, scuffing, and soiling across binding. Text block is toned and dust soiled. A one inch tear to title page at fore edge, a few leaves with evidence of dog-earing. Text is unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 4-773pp. + [5 Advertisements]. A Presentable Copy of The First State of the First American Edition of Tolstoy's Classic Novel. Embodying all established issue points, with "13 Astor Place" to title page, "1886" and no other dates to copyright page, and 5 pages of advertisements with no Russian titles listed. Publisher's Olive Cloth, Gilt Detailing, Floral Olive Endpapers First American Edition, First Issue [Line, Ettlinger & Gladstone 37].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tight binding, solid blue pebbled cloth boards with bright gilt lettering to front board and to spine strip, rear board has minor white lines (from contact with bookshelf?) and tiny dent to top, previous owner's name to front end paper, slight spotting to end papers, light soil to fore and bottom edges, otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. Very nice copy of this presumed 1st U.S. edition.…

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: 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: Near Fine. No Jacket. Later Printing. 2 volumes, complete as issued. A near fine set in original red cloth decorated in gilt, top edges gilt (spines a trifle faded, slight wear). No jackets.

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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Edition Thus. Volume 1 only containing volumes 1 & 2 of original publication. In blue cloth and bright gilt. Top pages tinted blue, others tanned. Dings/wear to spine ends/corners of volume one with some fabric loss and recolorization at spots with blue marker. A few spots to rear board and small stain to bottom corner of tanned text block. Name in ink to front free endpaper and splits to front and rear hinges at same with mull just showing and some glue repair. Binding feels solid. pale green floral endpapers - Fair. Early Printing.…

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.…

[Russian Literature] COMPLETE WORKS. 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 90cm). Each volume with a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and gilt devices stamped to uppers. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Bookplate and stamps of St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Library, Bethlehem, PA, to front pastedown of each volume, with corresponding borrowings slips etc. to rear endpapers. Stamp to title page, and blue ink dedication inscription to introduction of each volume, otherwise internally clean. Light general wear to cloth. Very good. First published in 1898, and described by Dole as the first properly complete edition of Tolstoy in English, including several revised translations making far greater use of the original Russian.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Anna Karénina. By Count Lyof N. Tolstoï. In Eight Parts. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 13 Astor Place, 1887. First Edition, Early Printing***. 773 p + 5 p adverts. Brown cloth binding measures 7.75 x 4.75", 8vo. ***Points of Early Printing: Floral pattern end-papers, "13 Astor Place" on title page, Front adverts list eight other titles by Tolstoy. 5 p adverts in rear DO list Russian titles. In fair condition. Boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed with frayed cloth; gilt lettering dulled/rubbed on spine, overall legible (publisher's name at tail difficult to read). Spot of staining on front hinge, about two inches from head. Rear hinge chipped about mid-way with staining & exposed binding mesh; rear board exhibits small nick, close to chipped hinge. Ownership signature, in ink, found on verso of front end-page with staining from signature found on fly-leaf. Ownership signature, in pencil, found on top edge of title page. Normal toning in margins; scattered age-staining. Binding shaken, but intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) was an American editor, translator, and author. A writer and journalist in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, he translated many of the works of Leo Tolstoy and books of other Russians; novels of the Spaniard Armando Palacio Valdés (1886-90); a variety of works from the French and Italian. After Harvard, Dole taught at De Veaux College from 1874 to 1875, and at Worcester High School from 1875 to 1876. From 1876 to 1878, he was preceptor at Derby Academy, in Hingham, Massachusetts. In 1881, he left his teaching career to work for the Philadelphia Press, where he was musical art and literary editor. From 1887 to 1901 he was literary advisor to T. Y. Crowell Publishing Company. He was also Secretary of the department of publicity at D. Appleton and Co. for five months in 1901. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION/ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. VERY EARLY PRINTING - POSSIBLY SECOND OR THIRD. RAREA1887TXYS - 03/26 - HK3408. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Anna Karénina. By Count Lyof N. Tolstoï. In Eight Parts. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 13 Astor Place, 1886. First (American) Edition, First Printing***. 773 p + 5 p adverts. Brown cloth binding measures 7.75 x 4.75", 8vo. ***Points of First Printing: Floral pattern end-papers, "13 Astor Place" on title page, No front adverts, 5 p adverts in rear DO NOT list Russian titles. In good condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed with some frayed cloth; head of front hinge cracked (about one inch). Gilt lettering rubbed on spine, but overall legible and attractive. Pencil marginalia on front fly-leaf. Fore-edges bumped through Introduction & until page 26, approximately, with a larger two-inch tear at fore-edges of pages 23-4 (all text remains legible). Normal toning in margins; very sparse instances of age-staining. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) was an American editor, translator, and author. A writer and journalist in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, he translated many of the works of Leo Tolstoy and books of other Russians; novels of the Spaniard Armando Palacio Valdés (1886-90); a variety of works from the French and Italian. After Harvard, Dole taught at De Veaux College from 1874 to 1875, and at Worcester High School from 1875 to 1876. From 1876 to 1878, he was preceptor at Derby Academy, in Hingham, Massachusetts. In 1881, he left his teaching career to work for the Philadelphia Press, where he was musical art and literary editor. From 1887 to 1901 he was literary advisor to T. Y. Crowell Publishing Company. He was also Secretary of the department of publicity at D. Appleton and Co. for five months in 1901. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION/ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION! FIRST PRINTING WITH ALL POINTS! RAREA1886TZAS - 03/26 - HK3407. …

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. Keywords: Russian, Family Life, Napoleon, War, Natasha, Historical, History, European, France, Empire 2.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Edition Thus. A newly married 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. Volume one has spots worn through at corners and spine ends with nicks and small chips. Small marks/spots to boards and spine and faint foxing to endpapers. Name and date to front pastedown. A little separation at title page starting with glue reattachment repair to ffep and page following, otherwise solid. Volume two has light fraying/nicks to spine ends and bottom corners are dinged. Some spotting/pigment loss to boards. Bookplate to plain paper front pastedown. Endpapers tanned with moisture stain to top page ends near corner and top half of front page ends. Early Printing. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket present. viii, 5-773, [7] pages. Blue 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. . 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 in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, he translated many of the works of Leo Tolstoy and of other Russians; novels of Armando Palacio Valdés; a variety of works from the French and Italian. From 1887 to 1901 he was literary advisor to T. Y. Crowell Publishing Company. Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. A portrait of marriage and infidelity in imperial Russia, "Anna Karenina" explores love, life, and the depths of the human soul in a tale as illuminating as it is tragic. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877, all but the last part appearing in the periodical The Russian Messenger. A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, Anna Karenina is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation and publisher). It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life. The story centers on an extramarital affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness, but after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel. Trains are a motif throughout the novel, with several major plot points taking place either on passenger trains or at stations in Saint Petersburg or elsewhere in Russia. The story takes place against the backdrop of the liberal reforms initiated by Emperor Alexander II of Russia and the rapid societal transformations that followed. The novel has been adapted into various media including theatre, opera, film, television, ballet, figure skating, and radio drama. One of the greatest novels ever written, "Anna Karenina" follows the self-destructive path of a beautiful, popular, and sensual Russian aristocrat. The lovely Anna seems set in a respectable marriage with the powerful statesman Karenin, yet their lack of passion breeds the discontent she fully faces upon meeting the elegant and affluent officer Count Vronsky. Soon convinced that allowing herself to deeply love this man will enable her to find the meaning and truth of her life, Anna defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and children for her lover. Tolstoy juxtaposes this ill-fated couple with the melancholy Levin and his new wife Kitty. Levin is also searching for the fulfillment and happiness in his life, and he ultimately finds a happiness that Anna's love do.…

Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Second edition in the English language, by a matter of days, of the novel What is to Be Done? First edition of this translation. ix, 462 pp. Bound in publisher's olive cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good with moderate rubbing and soiling to covers, toning and dust-soiling to textblock edges, and light foxing to edges, endpapers, and prelims. Previous owner label to front free endpaper, overopened with stitches showing at p. 203. Line, Ettlinger & Gladstone p. 16, Chernyshevskii 1. The Russian novel, written by Chernyshevsky in prison and published in 1863, that changed the course of human history. The author's rejection of moderate reform and vision of a socialist utopia inspired generations of revolutionaries including Lenin, Kropotkin, Rosa Luxemburg, and Emma Goldman.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A fine start on a collection of various (and variant) editions of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, most being in no worse than Very Good condition, one in Good condition, some being Near Fine, with special issues and flaws noticed below. The subject and author of the dozen (12) tomes comprising the collection, Omar Khayyam (or Khayyami) was born, likely at Nishapur, in the Persian northeast, somewhere in the 11th century from 1025-1050 A.D. His surname Khayyam means "tent-maker" in Persian. The bibliography consulted is Ambrose G. Potter, A Bibliography Of The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Together With Kindred Matter In Prose And Verse Pertaining Thereto, published by Ingpen and Grant, London, 1929. The collection is comprised of the following: 1) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872), measuring 218 x 163 mm. (8 5/5" x 6 1/2"). Third Edition. Original publisher's maroon cloth over boards, roan-backed spine. Wear on spine, scuffing to spine head and foot, wear to joints, darkening of edges of cover, but still nearly an excellent copy of interior, sturdy, attractive. sewn-in silk-linen bookmark. [iii], iv-xxiv [1], 1-36 pp.; 2) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878), measuring 175 x 130 mm. (6 3/4" x 5"). This is the First published American Edition from the Third London Edition. One of 500 copies printed. Bound in publisher's original reddish-brown cloth over boards, with gilt and black titling and decoration. Bookplate of Church Periodical Club, thus ex-libris, but not ex-library. Dark burgundy endpapers front and rear. Red-stamped page-edges all round. The bibliographer Potter says that this is a variant binding. Minor defects in the form of slight scuffing to tips, spine head and foot, else Near Fine. [3], 4-77 [1] pp.; 3) RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: L.C. Page and Company; London: Macmillan and Company, 1898), measuring 210 x 145 mm. (8 1/4" x 5 3/4"), an edition complete in two volumes. Edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. Multi-Variorum Edition. Bound in the original publisher's white cloth over boards, with red and gilt decoration, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, publisher's red oil-cloth dust jacket, quite fine, sturdy, substantial. Eight illustrations by multiple artists. This edition, "Edward Fitzgerald's Version," so-called for comparing "English, French, German, Italian, and Danish translations" to Fitzgerald's version. Dust jacket spines a bit sunned, otherwise a beautiful copy of the first trade edition of "the first extensive scientific edition," and thus itself a collectible. Volume I: clxxvii, [3], 3-203 pp.; Volume II consists wholly of appendixes, indexes, another nine fine illustrations; frontis matter, 210-655 pp.; 4) THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900), measuring 210 x 153 mm. (8 1/4 x 6"). Translated by Edward FitzGerald, E.H. Whinfield, and Justin Huntly McCarthy. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with quite elaborate gilt decoration, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Fine Introduction by Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Owner's signature at endpaper in the form of a penciled gift notation. Spine rubbed, dulled slightly but still attractive, rear cover a bit grubby, slight dings to board fore-edges, else with a beautiful cloth decoration to front cover. Fine black-and-white engraving of FitzGerald at frontis, captioned and tissue-guarded. xl, 1-244 pp.; 5) BJERREGAARD, C.H.A., Translator. SUFI INTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND FITZGERALD. (New York: J.F. Taylor and Company, 1902), printed for them by the Tudor Press, measuring 306 x 240 mm. (12 1/2" x 9 3/8"). Bound most handsomely in the publisher's original gray paper over boards, fore- and tail-edges untrimmed. French-fold text. Spine lettering faded (as on all copies), scuffing to spine head and foot, otherwise clean, unmarked, bright, attractive of interior. Full-page plate at frontis, tissue-protected, with second title page, also with title vignette, with Preface.…

Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First American edition, with most of the presumed first issue points including floral endpapers, "13 Astor Place" to title page, sheets bulking at 35 mm.), but 6 pp. of ads at rear. viii, 5-773, [1, blank], [6, ads]. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt, ivy-patterned endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing and light dampstaining to covers, irregular sunning to front board. Binding starting at p. iii, overopened throughout, and penciled gift inscription dated the year of publication to fly-leaf. One-inch split to title page at upper gutter, small corner crease up to p. 10, contents lightly toned. Line, Ettlinger and Gladstone 39. The issue points of different printings of the first American edition of Anna Karenina have yet to be determined. This copy has six advertising pages at rear, including three full-page ads for books published in 1886. That, together with an inscription dated 1886, indicates a very early print date. Tolstoy's epic tale of the pursuit of happiness was well-received when it was published in English, eight years after it appeared as a three-volume novel in Russia. "All of the gnawing, agitating questions of the nineteenth century are brought up in Anna Karenina," wrote one contemporary reviewer. Those questions aren't fully answered, but they are explored in the dueling narratives of a woman's fall from grace and a man's rise to sublimity.…