War And Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some rubbing and stains to extremities. Text block unglued. Slight toning to interior, else clean and crisp.
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library/Random House, Parkway Printing Company. , (1942). Some rubbing and stains to extremities. Text block unglued. Slight toning to interior, else clean and crisp. . Binding: Publisher’s full grey cloth boards. Publisher’s device in gilt on upper and spine. Spine with title and publisher in gilt lettering on red labels. Top edges red. , Notes: A good example of this renown novel, translated by one of the foremost scholars of Russian literature.
Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) was a Russian writer, widely recognized as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. War And Peace is regarded as Tolstoy’s finest literary achievement., Size: 8vo.(203x135 mm), Illustration: Translated by Constance Garnett., Provenance: Ex-Libris D.N. Omand, handwritten ownership., Category: Book Literature; Book Classics;
Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) was a Russian writer, widely recognized as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. War And Peace is regarded as Tolstoy’s finest literary achievement., Size: 8vo.(203x135 mm), Illustration: Translated by Constance Garnett., Provenance: Ex-Libris D.N. Omand, handwritten ownership., Category: Book Literature; Book Classics;
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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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6855
- Title
- War And Peace
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy
- Book Condition
- Used - Some rubbing and stains to extremities. Text block unglued. Slight toning to interior, else clean and crisp.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Modern Library/Random House, Parkway Printing Company.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1942)
- Keywords
- Book Literature; Book Classics;
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