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Tolstoy, Leo; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Pasternak, Boris.
The Folio Society Great Russian Novels: War and Peace; Crime and Punishment; Doctor Zhivago.
Publisher: The Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 1997
Stock Code: 15439
Folio Society reprints, but first thus as a four volume set. Octavos, pp., [War and Peace vol. 1]: 707, [1]; [vol. 2]: 728; [Crime and Punishment]: 510; [Doctor Zhivago]: 460. Illustrations after drawings by Feliks Topolski to ‘War and Peace’, after engravings by Harry Brockway to ‘Crime and Punishment’, and after paintings by Véronique Bour to ‘Doctor Zhivago’. Uniformly bound in publisher’s pictorial cloth over crimson cloth backs; titled in gilt to spines; pictorial end-papers. Housed in original pictorial paper-covered slipcase. No noticeable flaws or imperfections. A fine set. A lovely set of masterpieces of Russian literature, superbly presented by The Folio Society. The illustrations to each volume evoke the style and mood of each novel, and were newly commissioned for the Folio Society for the first printing of each volume. Heavyweight, so an additional postage contribution may be requested for shipping to overseas addresses. £450.00