Nikolai Gogol

London: Editions Poetry, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . The first UK edition of Vladimir Nabokov's criticism of Russian influential author Nikolai Gogol, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work, preceded by the US edition in 1944. Complete with the uncommon dust wrapper, unclipped. A literary criticism of literary master Nikolai Gogol by famous novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The first true study of Gogol in English, showing the man and his unique ways of life in a brief biographical sketch, analysing his major works and the literary methods utilised in his work. Nikolai Gogol was a Russian novelist, pioneering in the technique of the grotesque, with huge influence on Russian and world literature. With a frontispiece and a black and white plate. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, a minor darkening to the spine. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only, a hint of spotting to the wraps and a touch of sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with some browning, as usual with the type of paper used. Very Good Indeed