Lot 71
Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Buried Alive Or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia, first American edition, New York, Henry Hold and Company, 1881
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Buried Alive Or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia, translated by Marie von Thilo, first American edition, initial "Slips for Librarians" leaf, half-title, 2pp. advertisements at rear, short split to head of front free endpaper at inner margin, original pictorial cloth, slight toning to spine, spine tips a little bumped, extremities rubbed but a bright and excellent copy overall, 8vo, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1881.
⁂ An attractive copy of the first American edition of House of the Dead, the first work by Dostoevsky to be published in America and the only English translation to appear in his lifetime.
Description
Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Buried Alive Or Ten Years of Penal Servitude in Siberia, translated by Marie von Thilo, first American edition, initial "Slips for Librarians" leaf, half-title, 2pp. advertisements at rear, short split to head of front free endpaper at inner margin, original pictorial cloth, slight toning to spine, spine tips a little bumped, extremities rubbed but a bright and excellent copy overall, 8vo, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1881.
⁂ An attractive copy of the first American edition of House of the Dead, the first work by Dostoevsky to be published in America and the only English translation to appear in his lifetime.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter