"Crime and Punishment" by Fedor M. Dostoevsky, translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett, introduction by Alfred Kazin, illustrated by Ruth Gilkow, published by Fine Editions Press, 1947. First Edition for the illustrations.

Hard boards, red-orange cloth, gold tooled maroon leather spine [wear: see photos]; 5.3/4" x 8.1/4"; 499 pages, very good condition.

"Out of Shakespeare, there is no more exciting reading than Dostoevsky" -- Virginia Woolf. I agree. I would like to add that, in all of Dostoevsky, there is no more exciting reading than "Crime and Punishment." Let me take that a step further. In "Crime and Punishment," there is no more exciting reading than Constance Garnett's translation... Better than any other translator, Constance Garnett knocks the reader out of the armchair!! See for yourself. Compare. I could prove my point by quoting from another translation or two. But that would only bore you..."[excerpts from a review]

Ruth Gikow (1915-1982) was an American visual artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures interacting with an urban environment.

In 1939, inspired by the muralists Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco, she applied and later won a commission to paint murals for Bronx Hospital, Rockefeller Center and the New York World's Fair.

With other associates, Gikow founded the American Serigraph Society in which she developed her technique with silk screen printing. Her prints were included in the 1940 MoMA show American Color Prints. The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine art prints to the general public. Her work was also included in the 1947 and 1951 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society. In 1959 she was awarded a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1979 Gikow was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1982.

US: Priority (c.2-6 days) ----------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $45.50