Antique French volumes of Anna Karenine (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy (Leon Tolstoy). Published around 1930 in Paris by Nelson, Editeurs. Displayed together with French 1861 Encyclopedia des Sciences. hotsell Condition is good. Anna Karenine complete in two volumes. Published with white cloth and blue wreath cover decoration. Gilt title present on the spine. Heavy antique darkening of the spines. Half-inch black vertical line on volume 1 (Tome I) cover. Back cover has brown soil spots center. Book is slightly shaken. Heavy tanning / foxing on decorated endpapers. Penned signature of former owner on eps. Color illustration on frontispiece. Foxing on white pre-title pages. Interior pages are soft, clean and white with mild tanning. Book is slightly shaken. Heavy tanning and foxing on decorated rear eps. One upper right corner page is creased.
Volume 2 has a white cover with mild fingerprints along the upper cover edge. Cover board warps upward slightly. Heavy antiquing / darkening on spine. Back cover is white. Gilt title on the spine is darkened. Heavy tanning / foxing on decorated eps. Penned signature of former owner on eps. Foxing on white pre-title page. Color illustration on frontispiece. Interior pages are clean, white, soft and well intact with mild tanning. Three interior pages have creases in upper right corner. Tanning on outer edge of interior pages. Rear eps are decorated with heavy tanning / foxing. 567 total pages.
Complement De L'Encyclopedie, Moderne Dictionnaire Abrege Des Sciences, Des Lettres, Des Arts. By MM. Firmin Didot Freres. Tome Dixieme. Published by Firmin Didot Freres, Fils, Paris. Copyright 1861. Condition is VG. Small puncture hole on left paper cover near the spine. Light tanning along spine connection on cover. Foxing present on eps and pre-title page. Interior pages are clean, soft and white with mild foxing occasionally. Paperback edition published entirely in French language. Upper interior pages are still connected and haven't been separated. Book states over 800 pages.
Product code: Anna Karenina, French pocket hotsell edition, 1930's