Format: Small cloth-bound hardcover with gilt-stamped green title panel | Classic Russian Literature
A Modern Library edition of Dostoyevsky’s political-psychological masterpiece originally published in 1872—still one of the most important 19th-century Russian novels. This copy has the distinctive Modern Library dancer logo end-papers and gold-stamped cloth cover, making it a nice vintage reading copy or shelf collectible.
Condition
Used – Acceptable/Vintage reading copy.
Cloth boards show only light shelf rubs and intact gilt design.
Tanning to page edges consistent with age.
Several pages contain neat red underlining and margin notes in pen plus a note-card insert (see photos) – legible handwriting that adds character for some readers/collectors.
Text block and binding remain square and tight; no loose pages.
Details
Approx. 5 × 7½ in. compact hardcover
Modern Library printing (likely mid-20th-century; no ISBN printed – predates ISBN era)
Cloth-bound, no dust jacket present
📚 Great for students of Russian classics, Dostoyevsky collectors, or vintage Modern Library enthusiasts.
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