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Title: War and Peace (Vainai Mir) Author: Tolstoi, Leo Place: [Moscow] Publisher: Date: [1912] Description: 3 volumes. 407; 389; 382 pp. Illustrated with 95 tipped-in plates on card-stock, 52 of which are in color, with printed tissue-guards. 11x8¼, original decorative dark brown cloth with bevelled edges, each with two decoratively embossed brass plates attached (by rivets) on the front covers (showing a Roman battle scene), top plate measures 3x7½" and bottom ½x7½", all page edges stamped with leafy vine designs. A beautiful example of early twentieth century bookbinding and design. Text in the original Russian. Scarce. Not in Kilgour. Lot Amendments Condition: Light edge wear; hinges tender, slight marginal darkening, early inked note on Volume I title page, gift inscription dated 1922; plates clean and bright, else near fine. Item number: 169863