War and Peace

Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1981. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end page. 1,675 pages of text (818 + 857). Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Eichenberg with the translation from the Russian by Louise and Aylmer Maude and with revisions and special introduction by Mr. and Mrs. Maude. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no prior ownership markings or book plates. (Inventory #: TB33640)