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In English, 1886
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
In English, 1886
DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). Crime and Punishment. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
First English edition of the author’s most famous novel, “the first of the truly great novels of his mature period” (Frank). There appears to be no established priority between this and the first American edition. Frank, Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871, p.96.
Octavo. Original blue cloth stamped in black and red (a little rubbing to extremities, hinges tender); custom box.
In English, 1886
DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). Crime and Punishment. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
First English edition of the author’s most famous novel, “the first of the truly great novels of his mature period” (Frank). There appears to be no established priority between this and the first American edition. Frank, Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871, p.96.
Octavo. Original blue cloth stamped in black and red (a little rubbing to extremities, hinges tender); custom box.
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