The gambler ; Notes from underground: PB 246-2003

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Titles

The gambler ; Notes from underground

Maker(s)

Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Translator: Garnett, Constance
Contributor: Steiner, George
Illustrator: Alexeieff, Alexandre
Illustrator: Parker, Claire
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Sign of the Stone Book
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person): Russell-Rutter Company

Description

By Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett ; introduced by George Steiner ; illustrated by Alexandre Alexeieff.

Xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

Place(s) associated

New York
Bloomfield
Meriden

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1967

Note

"Of this edition fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club from the typographic plan of John Dreyfus. Alexandre Alexeieff executed the illustrations in Paris with the collaboration of Claire Parker, employing the pinboard technique, which is their invention. The text has been printed in Bloomfield, Connecticut, at The Sign of the Stone Book, and the illustrations have been reproduced by The Meriden Gravure Company in Meriden, Connecticut."--Colophon Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by Alexandre Alexeieff. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in quarter dark-blue gold-stamped cowhide, cloth sides printed with an illustration by the artist. Issued in slipcase (red paper over card).