Crime and Punishment. The only edition with these illustrations. Signed and inscribed.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor [Crime and Punishment]. 罪と罰. Series 世界文学全集 (World Literature Complete Works), No 18.Transation by Egawa Taku (江川 卓).[Illustrations by Iurii Vasilev]. [Tokyo], 集英社, 昭和48 [1973]. 8vo, 539 pp., 9 p.ill.  In original white cloth and slipcase.  In good condition, very light wear to slipcase corners. With advertising leaflets inserted in the book. The book was illustrated by Iurii Vasilev, also known as Vasilev-MON (1925-1990), a versatile artist who excelled in painting, graphic design, theater art, and sculpture. He received his artistic education at the Moscow Academic Art College commemorating the 1905 Revolution and later at the Surikov Art Institute. Additionally, he pursued private instruction under the guidance of Evgenii Kropivnitskii, an artist and poet who led the influential underground Lianozov group. In 1962, along with other artists, he participated in the notorious exhibition at Moscow Manege, which was visited and heavily criticized by Nikita Khrushche