A specially bound set of proof lithographs for Anna Karenina, later to be published by the Limited Editions Club in 1951 . Two title pages plus 54 full colour lithographs, including endpapers and covers for parts, mostly printed recto and verso. INSCRIBED by Barnett Freedman. Quarter bound in black leather over cream cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. TEG. Housed in a slipcase.A fine copy ( tight, bright, unfaded and clean. No inscriptions), INSCRIBED by Barnett Freedman. The inscription reads : Proofs of lithographs + title pages for Tolstoy's ANNA KARENNA. George Macy's Limited Editions Club USA 1951. For Joey Bott from Barnett Freedman. Anna Karenina' was published in 2 volumes in an edition of 1500 copies by The Limited Editions Club in 1951. The artist is known to have had a few sets of proofs of his illustrations made for presentation to friends.
