White Nights and Other Stories. [Includes Notes From Underground. In Two Parts] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
by DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor. Translated by Constance GARNETT
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- Hardcover
- first
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann. London. 1918. William Heinemann. London. 1918. First edition, UK. Includes Notes From Underground in Two Parts. No DW. The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky Volume X. Original red cloth gilt with decorations to spine. [ii], 283 pages + 16 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Spine and top edge of boards are sunned, very small vertical raised portion of cloth to lower quarter of front cover, rear endpaper creased. Attractive bookplate to front pastedown. Prelims, edges and margins of pages foxed. Pages very browned. Apart from these faults a clean and sound copy of a very scarce item.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84799
- Title
- White Nights and Other Stories. [Includes Notes From Underground. In Two Parts] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
- Author
- DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor. Translated by Constance GARNETT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- William Heinemann. London. 1918
- Keywords
- FICTION russian first edition
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