Description
From the Limited Editions Club, Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, signed by the illustrator, Fritz Eichenberg.
Quarto, [two volumes], xiii, [3] 326pp; [8], 329-629pp. Red linen boards with black linen spines, title stamped in gilt on spines, illustration of axe and crucifix stamped in gilt and black on front covers. Sprinkled edges. Touch of shelf wear, toning to spines. Volume II has a few finger marks in margins, but generally clean. Housed in publisher’s original red slipcase, some shelf wear and finger smudges due to handling, corners slightly chipped at open end. From a limited edition of 1500 copies, this being number 1265, signed by the illustrator, Fritz Eichenberg in Volume II. A nice example.
