Demons by Dostoevsky, First Edition (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Condition: New. 2000. First Edition. hardcover. Set in mid 19th-century Russia, this book examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 790. . . . . .

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Fourth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Minor stains to the exterior edge of pages only. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or major blemishes.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First published in 'The Russian Messenger' in 18711872 and sitting third - after 'Crime and Punishment' (1866) and 'The Idiot' (1869), and before 'The Brothers Karamazov' (1880) - in the author's sequence of most famous novels, all written after his return from exile in Siberia (1849-1859); the translation by the tireless Richard Pevear and Larissa Vololhonsky, their fourth Dostoevsky after 'The Brothers Karamazov', 'Crime and Punishment' and 'Notes from Underground' (1990-1993); foreword by Richard Pevear (23pp.), and notes (18pp.). Nathaniel Tarn's copy with his bookplate. Fine in dustwrapper. book.

First Edition. [Russian Literature] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 637 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and a blind device to upper. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf, and bookseller's label to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. Spine heavily toned, with light general wear to cloth. Very good. The third volume of Dostoevsky's works translated by Garnett between 1912 and 1920, and notably not one of the titles translated into English by Frederick Whishaw in the 1880s.

Dostoevsky's most political novel --- Very good example of the first edition, in contemporary binding; rare such. One of Dostoevsky's great novels, and the first of his books published by Dostoevsky himself. Besy captures "the full grandeur of Dostoevsky's extraordinary endeavor, which is nothing less than to write a symbolic history of the moral-spiritual travails of the Russian spirit" (Frank, pp.430-434). It is his most overtly political work, and a ruthless exposition of contemporary revolutionary movements. The serialisation of this work, in Katkov's periodical The Russian Messenger, broke down when Katkov refused to print 'Stavrogin's Confession', an episode which he found particularly shocking. "As a political tract, a portrayal of sick minds, and a study of the manipulation of groups, 'The Possessed' remains Dostoevsky's masterpiece" (Terras). ***Customers considering purchasing this item will be given a longer, much more detailed note on the work, its background, its influence*** Provenance: Physical description:Three parts in one volume 8vo (21.4 x 15.5 cm). Contemporary quarter Russian sheep over marbled boards. Condition:Binding slightly rubbed; occasional light foxing, stronger at beginning and end, owner's signature in blue ink to half-title and quote leaf; with half-titles. Bibliography:Kilgour 281.