War and Peace

The Gottsberger (New York) edition holds clear priority: its three two-volume installments appeared across 1886 beginning in January, well ahead of any English edition in Britain. Vizetelly & Co. of London did not issue an independent translation but pirated Bell's Gottsberger text without attribution, publishing it in three volumes in October 1886, as recorded in the Publisher's Circular of 15 October 1886; it is not a rival authorized edition.