DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). Polnoe sobranie sochinenij. [Complete Works]. [Vol. 3]. St Petersburg: Th. Stellovsky, 1866. The first edition of ‘The Gambler’, in vol. 3 of the second lifetime collection, ‘one of the most engaging, easily accessible and widely read’ of Dostoevsky’s novels (Frank). Begun in Rome in 1863, it was finished in St Petersburg in 1866, as part of a rushed contract with Stellovsky undersigned by Dostoevsky to raise money for his own gambling debts. ‘Its insights into the allure of gambling surely derive from Dostoevsky’s own hours spent in the casinos of Germany’ (Lantz). This collected volume, the third of four issued between 1865 and 1870, also features the third editions of ‘The Village of Stepanchikovo’ and ‘Uncle’s Dream’. Not in Smirnov-Sokol’skii; Bibl. Ukaz. , 6557. J. Frank, ‘“The Gambler”’, p.301; K. Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia , p.155. Folio (230 x 210mm). With advertisements (lacking the half-title, margins somewhat dampstained, title repaired). 20th-century quarter vellum, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, spine with inked title and ornament. Provenance : I.P. Perevosnikov (rubber stamp on title) – shelfmark (rear endleaf).
DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). Polnoe sobranie sochinenij. [Complete Works]. [Vol. 3]. St Petersburg: Th. Stellovsky, 1866. The first edition of ‘The Gambler’, in vol. 3 of the second lifetime collection, ‘one of the most engaging, easily accessible and widely read’ of Dostoevsky’s novels (Frank). Begun in Rome in 1863, it was finished in St Petersburg in 1866, as part of a rushed contract with Stellovsky undersigned by Dostoevsky to raise money for his own gambling debts. ‘Its insights into the allure of gambling surely derive from Dostoevsky’s own hours spent in the casinos of Germany’ (Lantz). This collected volume, the third of four issued between 1865 and 1870, also features the third editions of ‘The Village of Stepanchikovo’ and ‘Uncle’s Dream’. Not in Smirnov-Sokol’skii; Bibl. Ukaz. , 6557. J. Frank, ‘“The Gambler”’, p.301; K. Lantz, The Dostoevsky Encyclopedia , p.155. Folio (230 x 210mm). With advertisements (lacking the half-title, margins somewhat dampstained, title repaired). 20th-century quarter vellum, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, spine with inked title and ornament. Provenance : I.P. Perevosnikov (rubber stamp on title) – shelfmark (rear endleaf).
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