First edition of The Brothers Karamazov offered for sale by The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, First Edition

"The chief problem dealt with throughout this particular work is the very one which has, my whole life long, tormented my conscious and subconscious being: the question of the existence of God."

-Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Brat'ya Karamazovy (The Brothers Karamazov). St. Petersburg, 1881. Octavo, modern three-quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt and blind-tooled spines, leather labels. Custom slipcase. Two volumes. Sold

First edition of Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, one of the crowning achievements of Western literature. A few pages with repaired closed tears, some underlining (affecting about 10 pages); otherwise text extremely clean. Rare.

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