Lolita Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Good. [FIRST EDITION] New York: Putnam, 1955. Hardcover in patterned paper over boards with gilt-lettered black cloth spine. FIRST HARD COVER EDITION / FIRST PRINTING (originally published in France as a paperback) 319 pages. Meets all issue points: patterned grey and white boards and black cloth spine with gold lettering; red endpapers, and red topstain, and no additional printings mentioned on copyright page. In about very good condition with light spotting / soiling to boards, ownership signature to ffep, somewhat toned text, a few pale spots apparently transferred from the red end pages and a binding that is a bit less than tight; no underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf4)
Synopsis
Lolita (1955) is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris, later translated by the author into Russian and published in 1958 in New York. The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, middle-aged Humbert Humbert, becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze.
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- gStrum (US)
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- 1114T709069
- Title
- Lolita Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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