Marullo, Thomas Gaiton

Fyodor Dostoevsky, A Life In Letters, Memoirs, and criticism; In the Beginning, 1821-1845 [with] The Gathering Storm, 1846-1847

DeKalb / Ithica and London: NIU Press / Northern Illinois University Press, An Imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016, 2020. Hardcover. Two volumes (the third volume only recently published), both volumes the first printings, octavo size, approx. 540 pp. together. Fine / near fine. Item #CNJL2459

Professor Thomas Marullo has provided, in this trilogy, a "clear and comprehensive portrait of one of the world's greatest writers [providing] a window into his younger yearsin a way no other biography has to date" (n.b., from the jacket flap of the second volume).

Both of these volumes are the hardbound version; the third volume was just recently published, and is available directly from the Northern Illinois University (now an imprint of the Cornell University) Press.

___DESCRIPTION: The first volume bound in illustrated paper-covered boards, the second in grey paper over boards with a dust jacket of the same design as the first volume, both volumes octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 1/4"), the first volume 293 pp. and the second 251 pp. The jacket covering the second volume with a summary on the front flap, short author bio on back flap, review blurbs for the first volume on the back panel.

___CONDITION: Both volumes fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean and as new. The jacket covering the second volume near fine, clean, with minimal edgewear (the first volume without a jacket, the illustrated boards match the design).

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Price: $200.00