"Let the nihilists and Westernizers howl that I am a reactionary! The devil take them- now I shall speak my mind about everything- to the very last word."

-Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Byesy (The Devils).  St. Petersburg, 1873. Octavo, contemporary full brown cloth.  Three volumes.  $8,400. 

First edition of Dostoyevsky's impassioned condemnation of the socialist and nihilist movements in 19th-century Russia, including some of his most profound and influential philosophical positions. Spines faded, with some wear and fraying, small Russian ownership stamp on first page of each volume; text remarkably clean. An outstanding copy. Rare.

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