TOLSTOY, Leo (1828-1910). O zemle i trude. Izdanie knigoizdatelstva Posrednik, 631. [Land and labor]. Moscow: A. Pechkovsky, P. Bulanzhe i ko., 1907. First edition of Tolstoy’s impassionate plea for land and tax reform following the violence of the 1905 uprising. Tolstoy was shaken by the events that saw crowds against Imperial army in 1905-1906. ‘Friends and acquaintances reported quite frequently his endless talk about the land problem, Stolypin's land law, and the single tax. His wife was to claim that her husband talked about [Henry] George incessantly. Tolstoy was also shocked over the brutalities perpetuated by the government in quelling disturbances. A letter to Stolypin in July 1907 begs the prime minister not to implement private property in land, and instead to apply the single tax throughout Russia for the land hunger was the main cause of the revolution’ (K.C. Wenzer, 1997). Rare. Worldcat finds a single copy (Rome BNC). ABPC/RBH show no record. Octavo (203 x 136mm). (Light browning.) Original printed wrappers (chipped, soiled). Provenance : early ink numbering to cover.
TOLSTOY, Leo (1828-1910). O zemle i trude. Izdanie knigoizdatelstva Posrednik, 631. [Land and labor]. Moscow: A. Pechkovsky, P. Bulanzhe i ko., 1907. First edition of Tolstoy’s impassionate plea for land and tax reform following the violence of the 1905 uprising. Tolstoy was shaken by the events that saw crowds against Imperial army in 1905-1906. ‘Friends and acquaintances reported quite frequently his endless talk about the land problem, Stolypin's land law, and the single tax. His wife was to claim that her husband talked about [Henry] George incessantly. Tolstoy was also shocked over the brutalities perpetuated by the government in quelling disturbances. A letter to Stolypin in July 1907 begs the prime minister not to implement private property in land, and instead to apply the single tax throughout Russia for the land hunger was the main cause of the revolution’ (K.C. Wenzer, 1997). Rare. Worldcat finds a single copy (Rome BNC). ABPC/RBH show no record. Octavo (203 x 136mm). (Light browning.) Original printed wrappers (chipped, soiled). Provenance : early ink numbering to cover.
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