King, Queen, Knave
by NABOKOV, VLADIMIR
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. Bound one quarter black cloth with black cloth to boards, with stamped and gilt lettering to spine. Orange topstain, brink endpages. Fore edges untrimmed. There is a previous owner's name and some light stains to the first free endpage, similar staining to rear endpage.
Synopsis
Originally written in 1928, it was translated from Russian to English by Nabokov's son in 1968. The novel is the story of well-to-do Dreyer, who has a lovely but terriby cold wife, named Martha. Bored, manipulative Martha plots to make a lover of Dreyer's nephew, Franz, when he comes to work for Dreyer in Berlin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17910
- Title
- King, Queen, Knave
- Author
- NABOKOV, VLADIMIR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Literature in Translation, Modern First Editions, Vlaimir Navokov
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Gilt
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