Laughter in the Dark
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961. Pretty nice copy in its first UK printing. Unmarked, tight with faint spine lean. Scarce. Dark textured cloth with silver lettering on spine still bright and fresh. Small bookstore label for W.H. Smith and Son, Paris on front pastedown bottom edge. Sharpt tips. Price intact jacket (15s) has two 1' closed tears and minor wear. First US printing was done in 1938 and that book goes for over $2,000. In mylar. . First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Laughter in the Dark is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov and released in 1932. The first English translation, Camera Obscura, was made by Winifred Roy and published in London in 1936 by Johnathan Long. Nabokov was so displeased by the quality of this effort that he undertook his own translation which was published in 1938 under the now common name Laughter in the Dark.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016309
- Title
- Laughter in the Dark
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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