What the first Russian editions of the novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky looked like

Due to the fact that the edition was originally released in a paper publisher’s cover, and owners could order various bindings, it is the publisher’s version that is indicated as the cover. This novel was published as a separate book only once, in the 30s; for the most part, it was included in anthologies and collected works.

St. Petersburg: A.F. Marx, 1894
Series: F.M. Dostoevsky. Complete Works in 12 volumes. St. Petersburg: A.F. Marx (1894-95)

St. Petersburg: Panteleev Brothers’ Printing House (from 1903 — P.F. Panteleev), 1905
Series: F.M. Dostoevsky. Complete Works in 14 volumes (Panteleevs, 1904-1906)

St. Petersburg: “Prosveshchenie” Book Publishing Association, 1911
Series: Complete Works of F.M. Dostoevsky in 23 volumes (1911)

Berlin: I.P. Ladyzhnikov Publishing House, 1921

Leningrad: State Publishing House, 1926
Series: F.M. Dostoevsky. Complete Collection of Fiction Works (1926-1930)

Writers’ Publishing House in Leningrad, 1930. By the way, the illustrations in our edition of The Gambler are taken specifically from this edition.

Moscow: Fiction Literature, 1940

Moscow: Gosizdat, 1956

 

 

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