Early edition in English, red cloth with gilt titles; 8vo. vol. 1. xviii, [1] 585 pp. vol. 2 673pp., introduction by translator, notes an map at the beginning of vol. 1. Previous owner s signature in pencil on flyleaf of both volumes. Small dent on edge of front cover , vol, 2., The author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer. This novel is the second in a series of three know as The Trilogy.