TOLSTOY & DOSTOEVSKY Set 2 Books Leather - Bound INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY
Item History & Price
This fine set of vintage Russian literature books was printed by The International Collectors Library in 1953 & 1960. They are bound in red leather and decorated in ornate gold with very little wear. The text is tight and very lightly tanned. The outside top edges of the pages are gilded.
The binding is a close replica of the design found on a rare old volume in the library of Czar Alexander II. A red ribbon marker is present in each.
War and Pea...ce by Leo Tolstoy is an abridged translation revised by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin and illustrated by Don Sibley.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky was revised and translated by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin and illustrated by Marian Larer
