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The Possessed (Complete and Unabridged)
by Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Constance Garnett(Translator) and Avrahm Yarmolinsky(Introduction)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1936. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. In grey cloth with gilt and green title panels. Grey tinted top page ends. Rubbing at corners through cloth at bottom and some fraying at spine ends, especially top - otherwise clean with tight binding. Bookplate to verso of ffep. Jacket is unclipped (Orig. 1.25 cents) with chipping/short tears to corners and spine ends and wear at edges and creases. One inch tear to top of spine. Scarce modern library edition with this jacket. 362 books listed on inside of jacket. Cover art by O'toole.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB004988FD
- Title
- The Possessed (Complete and Unabridged)
- Author
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Constance Garnett(Translator) and Avrahm Yarmolinsky(Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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