Der Toydt fun Ivan Ilitsh [“The Death of Ivan Ilyich.”]

AUCTION 76 | Thursday, June 14th, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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TOLSTOY, LEO

Der Toydt fun Ivan Ilitsh [“The Death of Ivan Ilyich.”]

<<First Edition in Yiddish.>> pp. 233. Owner’s pencil inscription in front. Original illustrated boards, rubbed. 12mo.

New York: Forverts 1918

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (мерть Ивана Ильича) first published in 1886, is considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy’s late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870’s.