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First Edition Of ‘Crime And Punishment’ Turns Up In $17 Box Of Used Books

WORDS Posted: April 7, 2017 5:15 am

An anonymous woman in northwestern England purchased an auction lot of old secondhand books for £14. When she finally had time to go through the contents, she found the 1886 edition of the Dostoevsky novel, the first published in English. She has now made a 96,300% profit.

WORDS Published: 04.06.17

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 04.06.17

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