from the earliest times to the death of Dostoyevsky (1881).
London, Routledge, 1927
A scarce work on Russian literature which was hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as 'the best history of Russian literature in any language including Russian'.
First edition, 8vo (21 x 14 cm); xiv, 388pp; publisher's green cloth, title in gilt to spine, a very good copy.
First edition, 8vo (21 x 14 cm); xiv, 388pp; publisher's green cloth, title in gilt to spine, a very good copy.
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