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Folio Society,, 1978. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; oatmeal hessian, boards blocked in black, red buckram back lettered in gilt, red top, a near fine copy in publisher's lightly browned board slip-case.

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1957]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrips faintly browned else a near fine copy. Penguin Classics L62, L63. The text is the Edmonds translation which remains for many scholars the standard English text. The cover roundel is by Elizabeth Friedlander. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd; Oxford University Press, 1959.. Large 8vo. (21.5 x 13 cm). pp.xxviii+1352. Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere for Asprey & Co. in full red polished calf, the sides ruled in double-gilt fillets, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, green and blue morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Double page map showing Napoleon's invasion of Russia 1812 to rear. Lightly rubbed along spine, generally an excellent leather-bound copy.

Folio Society,, 1971 [2006]. 2 vols., (main volume plus booklet), 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy wassa goatskin, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, gilded endpapers, grey silk marker, (booklet wire-stitched as issued), a near fine copy housed in publisher's black cloth solander case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 1750 COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 8). This edition was first published by Penguin in 1957 and subsequently by FS in 1971. This is the first limited edition, with binding design by Jeff Clements.