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First publication of Dostoevsky in English, 1881

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First publication of Dostoevsky in English, 1881

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[4], 361 + [12] ad pp. Translated from the Russian by Marie von Thilo. (8vo) 18.8x11.8 cm (7¼x4½"), original pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine strip laid on, new endpapers. First Edition in English. The first printing in English of any Dostoevsky work, first English edition of The House of the Dead, a novel based on Dostoevsky's own imprisonment and exile in Siberia. This was the first publication in the English language of a book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (spelled "Fedor Dostoyeffsky" on the title page), issued posthumously the year of his death. Former owner's inscription on front blank dated 1884.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 54
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[4], 361 + [12] ad pp. Translated from the Russian by Marie von Thilo. (8vo) 18.8x11.8 cm (7¼x4½"), original pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine strip laid on, new endpapers. First Edition in English. The first printing in English of any Dostoevsky work, first English edition of The House of the Dead, a novel based on Dostoevsky's own imprisonment and exile in Siberia. This was the first publication in the English language of a book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (spelled "Fedor Dostoyeffsky" on the title page), issued posthumously the year of his death. Former owner's inscription on front blank dated 1884.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 54
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