Count Lyof N. Tolstoi — Resurrection

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1911. Cloth. A illustrated copy of Tolstoy's last novel, bound in decorative boards. A lovely 1911 copy, bound in very scarce pictorial boards, featuring an elegant gilt motif, and gilt top edge.Features a monochrome frontispiece, and 16 further monochrome plates.Collated, complete.The final novel published in the lifetime of Count Lyof N. Tolstoi - Leo Tolstoy - originally published in its original Russian in 1899.The novel that catalysed Tolstoy's ex-communication from the Russian Orthodox Church due to its critical reflection on the place of religion in contemporary Russian life, and how he concluded that the status quo of the 19th Century - heavily reliant on the Orthodox Church - did not offer real or lasting justice for the everyman. Bound in original pictorial boards. Externally, in lovely condition. The odd mark to boards. Slight rubbing to extremities and spine motif. Occasional spot to endpapers. Front hinge starting. Bookseller sticker to rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Tear to p.14. Area of age toning to pp.46-47. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Pasternak. Very Good Indeed .