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160 - Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel, first edition in English, [translated by Frederick Whishaw], lacking 24pp. advertisements at end, ink ownership signature to front pastedown, faint toning to endpapers, very slight marginal vertical crease to title, light toning to margins, minor spotting to preliminaries, including half-title, light cracking to lower hinge, original blue boards lettered in red and black, spine toned with loss at ends (not affecting text), corner tips and extremities lightly rubbed, a few light stains, edges a little toned, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1886.

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£2,000 (€2,389)

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£2,000 - 3,000 (€2,300 - 3,600)

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32.4%

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Crime and Punishment. A Russian Realistic Novel, first edition in English, [translated by Frederick Whishaw], lacking 24pp. advertisements at end, ink ownership signature to front pastedown, faint toning to endpapers, very slight marginal vertical crease to title, light toning to margins, minor spotting to preliminaries, including half-title, light cracking to lower hinge, original blue boards lettered in red and black, spine toned with loss at ends (not affecting text), corner tips and extremities lightly rubbed, a few light stains, edges a little toned, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1886. *** The first English translation of Dostoevsky's great psychological masterpiece. Published both in London and New York in 1886 using the same setting, with no priority between the two issues determined. Although uncredited, the translation was made by Frederick Whishaw, a Russian-born British novelist, poet and musician. He translated a number of works by Dostoevsky in the 1880s, published by Henry Vizetelly in London and Crowell in New York. Scarce. No copy held in the British Library.

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Fine Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper
Thursday, November 19
11:30 AM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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