[GREAT SHORT STORY] - [Master and Man. A Story].: Khoziain i rabotnik. Rasskaz
by TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The first edition of one of Tolstoy's greatest and most popular short stories: a fine example, with the original wrappers.
This copy bears the correct first issue points: the printed wrapper is priced 20 kopeks, and the text shows the printed censorship date of 17 February 1895.
Master and Man proved hugely popular, selling 15,000 copies within four days of its publication on 05 March 1895. To meet demand, Posrednik – Tolstoy's own publishing house – issued another edition on 09 March, priced at 3 kopeks.
Master and Man reflect aspects of Tolstoy's own spiritual conversion, and is sometimes seen as a companion piece to Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886)
Provenance
Prochian (bookplate). Eden Martin, prominent American collector.
Description
Twelvemo (19.8 x 13.1 cm).
Binding
20thcentury red quarter morocco preserving the original wrappers and spine, these printed in red and black on cream paper.
Condition
Wrapper spine worn, light wear to the covers; occasional faint marginal soiling. ref: [1334]
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Details
- Bookseller
- PY Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1334
- Title
- [GREAT SHORT STORY] - [Master and Man. A Story].
- Author
- TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- I.D. Sytin for Posrednik, Moskva, 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature, russian, russe, russie, Russland, edition originale, Erstausgabe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Russian and neighbors;
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