Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov], 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, without final blanks, bookplate of Albert McGill, vol. 2 p.659 short tear without text loss, vol. 2 with leaves cockled towards end, scattered foxing, contemporary navy morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt and titled in Russian, couple very small stains, corners worn, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, Brothers Panteleev, St. Petersburg, 1881 [but December 1880].

*** First edition in book form of of Dostoevsky's masterpiece, “the most magnificent novel ever written” (Freud). The work was first published in serial form in The Russian Messenger between January 1879 and November 1880. Rare in a contemporary binding.