Leon Nikolayevich TOLSTOI (1828-1910), Count. What shall we do - Vol. VIII of Le…

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Leon Nikolayevich TOLSTOI (1828-1910), Count. What shall we do - Vol. VIII of Leo Tolstoy's Complete Works Banned in Russia. Published by La Parole Libre, Christchurch, Hants, England, 1902. Edited by V. Tchertkov. With the motto , . Half-bound paperback with red peacock decoration and the name of the owner Dissandes de la Villatte , 1902. Format in-12°, 324 pages.

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Leon Nikolayevich TOLSTOI (1828-1910), Count. What shall we do - Vol. VIII of Leo Tolstoy's Complete Works Banned in Russia. Published by La Parole Libre, Christchurch, Hants, England, 1902. Edited by V. Tchertkov. With the motto , . Half-bound paperback with red peacock decoration and the name of the owner Dissandes de la Villatte , 1902. Format in-12°, 324 pages.

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