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[TOLSTOY, LEO.] Tolstoï, Count
Léon.
War and Peace: A Historical
Novel.
Translated into French by a
Russian Lady and from the French by
Clara Bell. 3 parts in 6 volumes. 12mo,
original brown cloth, decorated and let-
tered in black and gilt, spine heads slightly
rubbed with a little fraying, corners
bumped with minimal exposure, brown
coated endpapers; Bolling J.Watkins own-
ership stamp to first blank of each, else
contents clean and unmarked; publisher’s
catalogue and promo slips laid-in.
NewYork:William S. Gottsberger, 1886
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
.
A SCARCE SET
OF ALL SIX VOLUMES OF THE FIRST ENGLISH
TRANSLATION
of War and Peace with
Gottsberger imprint on title pages. Publisher’s
advertisements at ends of volumes 1, 3, 5 and
6.A fine set.