War and Peace in 3 vols.

by Count Lyof Tolstoi, Tolstoy

$35,000 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. First U.K. edition. The rare first UK edition of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Rebound in full blue crushed morocco by the Chelsea bindery. Top edges gilt, dark maroon end papers, front and rear cloth covers bound in at the end. Three octavo volumes, all dated 1886 on the title pages, collating: viii, 9-429; iv, 5-360, 32 p. publisher's catalogue, dated Sept. 1886 ;

• Binding: Leather

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