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A true first edition, published by William Heinemann in 1921. An American edition appeared the following year, published by Yale University Press, New Haven. Both editions are scarce. Whilst there is no attribution to a translator, the book is bound uniform with the contemporary translations of Dostoevsky's works by Constance Garnett. ***A good only copy in red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt device on the front board. The gilt has oxidised over time on both the spine and the front board. The boards are very worn and marked from age and handling over the last 100 years, but they remain largely undamaged. The fragile spine is intact, but very worn at the head and tail with some fraying to the cloth. Corners also rubbed and worn. There are the remains of a label at the top edge of the front board, probably from an old circulating library, which would explain the wear and tear - however, there is just another label at the top of the front pastedown, and no other library marks within the book. The edges of the page block are quite clean and not foxed. The binding is quite tight, without any cracking, and there is no reading lean. Spine tight. Internally the book is very good, with no inscriptions, clean pages, no foxing, and no serious creases or tears - just some light creasing to the top corners of the first few pages. No dustwrapper. ***224mm x 148mm. 294 printed pages including a six-page Index at the back. ***'Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky or Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy (11 Nov 1821 - 9 Feb 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include "Crime and Punishment" (1866), "The Idiot" (1869), "Demons" or "The Possessed" (1872), and "The Brothers Karamazov" (1880). His 1864 novella, "Notes from Underground", is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature. Numerous literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.' ***"Humiliated and Insulted" - also known in English as "The Insulted and Humiliated", "The Insulted and Injured" or "Injury and Insult" - was first published in 1861 in the monthly magazine Vremya.' ***'Aimée Dostoyevsky (Lyubov Dostoevskaya), 14 Sep 1869 - 10 Nov 1926, also known by the name Aimée Dostoyevskaya, was a Russian writer, memoirist, and the second daughter of famous writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and his wife Anna. Their first, Sonya, was born in 1868 and died the same year. Lyubov Dostoevskaya is best known for the book Dostoyevsky as Portrayed by His Daughter (German: Dostoejewski geschildert von seiner Tochter, also known as Dostoyevsky According to His Daughter", originally published in Munich in 1920. Her memoirs, written in French and published in German, were later translated into other European languages. In 1920 the book was released in Dutch (in Arnhem), the following year there were translations into Swedish and English, and in 1922 it was published in the United States and Italy. A Russian version, highly abridged, was published in 1922 by Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo, Saint Petersburg under the title "??????????? ? ???????.'' (Wiki) ***A true first edition, published by William Heinemann in 1921. A scarce first edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. ***.
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