The Brothers Karamazov [1st English translation]

Description

• Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel, translated in full into English for the first time by Constance Garnett [William Heinemann, London, 1912]; xii, 838pp + colophon.
• The first book in what would become Garnett’s epic complete translations of The Novels Of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
• Original publisher’s red boards with embossed pattern on front board and Heinemann logo to rear; black embossed pattern and titling to spine; some bumping to extremities with minor damage to top of spine; pencil on front board; lightly-pencilled ownership details on ffep; Printed by Ballantyne & Co.
• Rare First Complete English Translation (1st UK) in very good condition [one of three known variant bindings with no definite priority established].
• An excellent copy of the book many view to be the world’s greatest work of Literature.