WAR AND PEACE
by TOLSTOY, Leo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Some rubbing near head and tail of spines, often the case with this title; slight wear to top of spine of fourth volume. Still N
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
War and Peace, a Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy, is considered one of the world's greatest works of fiction. It is regarded, along with Anna Karenina (1873–7), as his finest literary achievement. Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. First titled '1805' the first installment was published in the January 1865 edition of Russkiy Vestnik. It ran in serial form for 2 years before Tolstoy reworked much of the manuscript before publishing it in 1869 as War and Peace.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021683
- Title
- WAR AND PEACE
- Author
- TOLSTOY, Leo
- Illustrator
- Barnett Freedman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some rubbing near head and tail of spines, often the case with this title; slight wear to top of spine of fourth volume. Still N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Russian Literature, Barnett Freedman, Leo Tolstoy, LEC, Fine Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century Russian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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