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London: F.S. Ellis, 1870. First Edition. LARGE PAPER, One of 25 on Whatman paper. [viii, [1]-343, [1]; [half-title]-676, [4]; [6] ,[1]-273, [i]; 274-525, [2];[6], [1]-230; 231-442, [1]pp. Strangeways and Walden, Printers. 6 vols. 8vo. Full red contemporary morocco, gilt spine, a.e.g. by Hodson Binder, Liverpool. Bookplate of Earl of Derby. Some rubbing to front hinge of volume one, and some superficial wear to hinges of other volumes. Foxing to first three and last three blank leaves of all volumes. First Edition. LARGE PAPER, One of 25 on Whatman paper. [viii, [1]-343, [1]; [half-title]-676, [4]; [6] ,[1]-273, [i]; 274-525, [2];[6], [1]-230; 231-442, [1]pp. Strangeways and Walden, Printers. 6 vols. 8vo. with the misprint at p. 75 of Vol. I corrected in pencil in Morris's hand. LeMire A.4-01; Buxton-Forman 17, 23 & 30

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Russian: Сон смешного человека) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who believes nothing has any value and is ripe with existential insights into human life and a reformation of spirit.

First editions can be identified by their print date and original publisher, Petrograd, Russkoye Bogatstvo.