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Tolstoi L.N. Voina i Mir. [War and peace]. Volume
one-[six]. First edition. Moscow, T. Ris, Vols.I-IV: 1868; Vols.
V-VI: 1869. In 6 Vols. Contemporary half calf (spinies renewed, some
pages slightly stained and worn). Internally a clean and fresh copy.
Format: 23x16 cm.
Vol.I, Pt.I:[4], 297 p.p.; Pt. II: 146 p.p.
Vol.II: [4], 186 p.p.
Vol.III: [4], 284 p.p.
Vol.IV: [4], 336 p.p.& Vol.IV: [4], 338 p.p. [second Issue].
Vol.V: [4], 323 p.p.
Vol.VI:[4], 290 p.p.
Vol. IV is presented also to the second Issue, differing from the
first Issue quantity of pages: 336 p. p. and 338 p.p. accordingly.
The same situation - the third volume: 281 p.p. and 284 p.p.
accordingly, but we have only one Issue - 284. Very rare!
In September 1862 Tolstoy married the
eighteen-year-old daughter of a doctor Sofia Andreevna Bers and just
after the wedding took her away from Moscow to Yasnaya Poliana where
he became utterly adsorbed in home life and everyday cares. However
even from the fall of 1863 he became enthusiastic about a new
literary idea which for a long time was called “The year of eighteen
and five” and the first 2 parts under this title were published
separately in Moscow in the university printing house of M. Katkov
in Strastnoy Boulevard in 1866. More... |
