Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.
by Nabokov, Vladmir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1969. First edition of what many consider to be Nabokov's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. Scholar Alfred Appel writing in The New York Times Book Review called it "a great work of art, a necessary book, radiant and rapturous" and said that it "provides further evidence that he is a peer of Kafka, Proust and Joyce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127361
- Title
- Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle.
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladmir
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Ada Nabokov First Edition Signed, Nabokov Butterflies, Vladimir Nabokov Presentation Copy Butterfly
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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