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The Brothers Karamazov. A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
New York: Macmillan, 1912

Translated by the great Constance Garnett, the first book in her series The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. First American edition - comprised of the English edition sheets that were published in May, 1912 and a cancel title leaf. Both English language releases are difficult to come by in any condition approaching collectability standards. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, spine gilt-titled, top edge gilt retained albeit a bit dusty, minor rubbing, minor wear to spine ends and corners, spine lightly toned, a few old owner notes in the text and owner signature dated 1928, otherwise internally quite clean. Those points notwithstanding, it’s a sound unrepaired Near Fine copy and a quasi-miraculous survival in this condition. Various wretched copies have hit the scene since a beat up one achieved $10,000 at a 2017 auction. This is an excellent copy of an important work priced so soberly that it verges on abdication of fiduciary responsibility to my progeny.
 
Brothers Karamazov is a real literary landmark that had a heavy influence on writers and thinkers of all stripes - a must own title spanning various fields of collecting from literature to philosophy or simply for a great highspot collection. Fyodor is one of the great geniuses of the last few centuries. His painfully accurate revelations about human psychology and the ever present inner strife between our moral, rational, and passionate natures strike the reader’s core like a pinpoint supercharged lightning bolt.