War and Peace (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

First and foremost, the other negative reviews have valid points but I'm still rating this 5 stars. It's the best looking edition of War and Peace I've found, with a reasonable price tag. Let's go over some of the other reviews: 1) Did my book come in slightly damaged? Yes. However, the book was packaged as tight and secure as possible that the package felt like a brick. I could tell the company really tried to ensure a safe delivery, but it's coming from overseas and it was slightly damaged in delivery. Do the pages stick together? Yes, but only initially. It is bible quality paper (as described), and I went through the book page by page like how I would with any new bible with really thin pages. Did my book have a barcode on the back? No. The FiNGERPRINT barcode in on the inside of the back cover. I'm not sure if this is the new standard, but the review showing the barcode on the back is only 2 months old. I can only speak to my copy, and it's perfect. Is the book from India? Yes? Why does that even matter?

The product is not new and really damaged. Really disappointing.

A beautiful book, but the pages are so thin that the writing can be faintly seen through to the other side, which gives a slightly confusing to the eye effect. Also, worse, in 2 cases the printing went awry. One page was cut oddly and about a vertical inch of the words were cut off. Another had folded during the printing and so is a bit of a mess.

The book's cover is absolutely beautiful. Though there's one thing, the pages are very thin, other than that everything is good. Love it!!

Very pretty version, and would look amazing on any collector's bookshelf. That said- the pages are so thin, like old school Bible pages. You can see the print from the other side of the page on the page you're reading and with a book such as War and Peace which is already not a light read, it adds undue difficulty.