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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor [Dostoevsky]; McDuff, David (translator).
Crime and Punishment.
Publisher: Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 1997
Stock Code: 10942
FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo, pp., xiv, 510. With 14 plates, including frontispiece, illustrated with engravings by Harry Brockway. Bound in illustrated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Housed in a dark green slipcase. Extremely light rubbing to board corners; slipcase shows light sunning to edges and bump to lower corners. Overall a neat, bright copy. A near fine book in very good slipcase. One of the masterpieces of world literature, Dostoyevsky’s brutal psychological study set in the sombre and crowded tenements of St Petersburg. Complimented with fourteen atmospheric wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £75.00