Description: Limited Editions Club, 1972. #1060/1500. Illustrated with twenty wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and signed by him on the colophon. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal of the Spiral Press. 11-point Garamond for the text, Sistina for display lines. Printed at the Press of A. Colish on specially made Mohawk paper. Bound by Tapley-Rutter in sepia buckram boards with black buckram spine with gilt title. 6 1/8" x 9 3/4." Introduction by John Bayley, translation by Leo Wiener. First book in the Fortieth Series. LEC Bibliography #447 Book is in Very Good condition. Text and contents clean. Gilt title on spine is bright. Page edges clean. Scratch on front cover. Bookplate on front pastedown, erasure of previous price on first blank, hard to show in photo but is there. Slipcase is structurally sound with general shelf wear. Wear to the bottom corner of the open edge. Monthly Letter has a tear at the fold. Mentions that Eichenberg is working on illustrations for Simplicissimus, which would not be published by the LEC until nine years later in 1981, and under different ownership.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1972
Language: English
Illustrator: Fritz Eichenberg
Special Attributes: Limited Edition
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Region: Europe
Personalized: No
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
