Crime and Punishment: A Russian Realistic Novel
By Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
First American edition, first state ads at rear. 456, (1, ad) pp. Original dark yellow cloth lettered in maroon and gilt, floral endpapers. Very Good with spine lettering dulled, cloth at head and tail chipped, small stain and scratch to spine, a bit of staining to back board upper corner, small dampstain to upper corner of text block. Ad leaf and rear endpaper have closed horizontal marginal tear. Frontispiece of the author with tissue guard intact. An unsophisticated copy. The rare first American appearance of Dostoyevsky's enduringly-popular novel.
Published by: Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1886
Vendor: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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By Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
First American edition, first state ads at rear. 456, (1, ad) pp. Original dark yellow cloth lettered in maroon and gilt, floral endpapers. Very Good with spine lettering dulled, cloth at head and tail chipped, small stain and scratch to spine, a bit of staining to back board upper corner, small dampstain to upper corner of text block. Ad leaf and rear endpaper have closed horizontal marginal tear. Frontispiece of the author with tissue guard intact. An unsophisticated copy. The rare first American appearance of Dostoyevsky's enduringly-popular novel.
Published by: Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1886
Vendor: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA