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FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, a couple of tiny spots at head of prelims, pp. [iv], 493, crown 8vo, original red cloth, blind-stamped roundel design to upper board with publisher device in same to lower, the backstrip with lettering and ornate border design in gilt, the boards bowing slightly, backstrip faded, a couple of tiny spots of wear and a small puncture at head of upper board, edges toned with a few spots to endpapers, ownership inscription to flyleaf, good. Garnett's was not the first translation into English of this work - it was preceded by that of Frederick Whishaw in 1885 - but it was the dominant one for the greater part of the twentieth-century; it is scarce in the first edition.

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal 'The Russian Messenger' in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. 'Crime and Punishment' is considered the first great novel of his 'mature' period of writing.