Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First edition. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 9780307266934 xviii/1273 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in red cloth, with gilt-lettered black spine label and stylized initials stamped in gold on front cover. Date  ("December 2008") is written at top of blank preliminary page. Book is otherwise in excellent condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior.  Dust jacket is well preserved in mylar cover. 
"From Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the best-
selling, award-winning translators of "Anna Karenina" and "The Brothers Karamazov," comes a brilliant, engaging, and eminently readable translation of Leo Tolstoy’s master epic. "War and Peace" centers broadly on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the best-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves behind his family to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman, who intrigues both men. As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy vividly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature. Pevear and Volokhonsky have brought us this classic novel in a translation remarkable for its fidelity to Tolstoy’s style and cadence and for its energetic, accessible prose. With stunning grace and precision, this new version of "War and Peace" is set to become the definitive English edition."