The Original Of Laura - A Novel in Fragments
by Vladimir NABOKOV
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0141191155
- ISBN 13
- 9780141191157
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing with numberline "1" to copyright page. Very Good+, clean, tight condition, in Very Good+ original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price £25.00). No inscriptions.
When Nabokov died in 1977, he left instructions for his heirs to burn the 138 hand-written index cards that made up the rough draft of his final and unfinished novel, The Original of Laura. But his wife, Vera, could not bear to destroy her husband's last work, and when she died, the fate of the manuscript fell to her son. Dmitri Nabokov, the Russian novelist's only surviving heir, and translator of many of his books, wrestled for three decades with the decision of whether to honor his father's wish or preserve for posterity the last piece of writing of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. His decision to finally allow the publication of the fragmented narrative - dark yet playful, preoccupied with morality - affords us one last experience of Nabokov's magnificent creativity, the quintessence of his unparalleled body of work.
**Please note, this is a heavy volume, and will incur additional postage costs above that initially quoted by Biblio for buyers outside the UK**
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 929
- Title
- The Original Of Laura - A Novel in Fragments
- Author
- Vladimir NABOKOV
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's decorated cream boards. In unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0141191155
- ISBN 13
- 9780141191157
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics an Imprint of Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 278
- Keywords
- Russia ; Russian ;
Terms of Sale
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Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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