{"product_id":"tales-by-tolstoy-lev-leo-nikolayevich-folio-society-1947-5","title":"Tales by Tolstoy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Tolstoy, The Raid: Two Hussars, Three Deaths: Polikushka, The Death of Ivan Ilyitch: Two Old Men.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 1947. With illustrations by Elizabeth Macfadyen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The Raid’ and ‘Two Old Men’ translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, the other stories by Constance Garnett. 253 × 160 × 25 mm. Pp. [1–9] 10–280. Type: Perpetua. Printed and bound by Brepols. Quarter black cloth, red cloth boards. White dust-jacket printed in red and black. The illustrations consist of nine pen-and-ink sketches, reproduced from line-blocks. The title-page is a little adventurous in design for a first book, with the main title ‘Tales’ appearing at the foot of the page, beneath the imprint. This book was printed and bound in Belgium because of paper rationing and the difficulties of finding printers willing to take on new work in post-war Britain; Charles Ede notes in Folio 21 that the work was printed by Brepols ‘as a favour’ and that the standard of printing ‘leaves a good deal to be desired’. The illustrations are the first (and apparently penultimate) published work of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good book, with a lean to the binding but secure, covers slightly bowed, corners bumped and a little worn, spine tips crushed, and a previous owner's sticker affixed to the front free endpaper, on top of what appears to be some scribbling. In a slightly worn dust jacket, quite rubbed at the joints and extremities, with many short closed tears, small losses to the spine tips and front joint, and darkening and creasing to the extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54216415445331,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Tales-by-Tolstoy-FOLIO-SOCIETY-1947-First-Ever-Folio-Book-ILLUSTRATED-Dust-Jacke_1.webp?v=1784044864","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/tales-by-tolstoy-lev-leo-nikolayevich-folio-society-1947-5","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}