WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY 1889 FIRST UK EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES

WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY 1889 FIRST UK EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES

£175.00

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[TOLSTOY, LEO]. War and Peace. London: Walter Scott, n.d. [1889].

First British edition. In four volumes. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (19cm x 12.5cm). Pp. [4] 359; [4], 392; [4], 424; [4], 408. English text - an 'authorised translation' by Nathan Haskell Dole. Bound in buckram backed cloth boards, spines with leather title-labels. Top page edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Half-titles present. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure. Minor marks to covers. Interiors fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome set.

Notes: First British edition of Tolstoy's panoramic novel about the cruelty and disillusionment of war. One of the finest achievements of world literature.