This stunningly bound 1952 hardcover of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is sold individually, although it Volume 51 a multi-volume 1952 hardcover set and compilation of some of the greatest literature in the history of Western Civilization - the Great Books of the Western World series by Britannica. This is an exquisite book, just to look and and to hold, but it contains one of THE great novels of all time - Tolstoy's seminal War and Peace. And for its age especially, this book is in fantastic condition.
While the book seems rather thin for the famously long novel, it is presented unabridged, just in two column per page format. This is the classic Louise and Aylmer Maude translation, both contemporaries, friends and eventual biographers of the Leo Tolstoy.