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London: William Heinemann in association with Henry Frowde. 1912. First edition in English. First edition in English. Colonial issue. Publisher's original red cloth with titles and decoration in gilt to the spine, blind stamped circular design to the upper and lower board. Lower page edges un-trimmed. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The contents are entirely complete and without loose or torn pages. The contents, with the previous owner's small Toronto address label to the front endpaper and a very faint marginal stain to page 553, are otherwise remarkably clean and bright throughout. Housed in a bespoke quarter black morocco solander case. A lovely example, which due to the weight of the 850 page text block and relatively thin binding, makes copies in collectable original condition exceptionally scarce in commerce. The first English translation of this major work of Russian…

The last novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, is a profound philosophical and theological debate that dives into the complexities of ethics, religion, and family through the lives of the Karamazov family.

First editions can be identified by their publication in The Russian Messenger over several months, lack of standardized ISBN, publisher logo and earlier cover art, and may contain the author's original prefaces or notes.