The Possessed (1963 Modern Library edition)

Good hardback in good dust jacket. Published by Modern Library, New York, 1963. Modern Library No. 55. complete and unabridged edition including the formerly suppressed chapter 'At Tikhon's'. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett, with a foreword by Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Original grey cloth binding with Modern Library patterned endpapers. Front hinge cracked along the gutter but holding securely, with text block remaining firmly attached. Pages clean with moderate age toning and a few small spots to the preliminary leaves. Original dust jacket present, showing rubbing, edge wear, clipped and chipping to the spine ends and corners, with light soiling and toning to the rear panel. A sound reading and collectible copy of this vintage Modern Library edition.