Search Results: Authors starting with N from Alba's Books

New York: G.P. Putnam;s Sons, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. As New. Octavo. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY for limited distribution. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. The first publication of a work written when the author was forty as a predecessor to LOLITA, and translated by his son from the author's unpublished manuscript. A major literary event, this represents the uncorrected proof of the first edition as sent to a limited number of reviewers, and is thus quite scarce. A fine. clean and unmarked copy.

New Directions, 1959. First ND Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo. From the library of Columbia College author/scholars and Story Workshop creators John Schultz and Betty Shiflett, with a warm signed inscription by Shiflett. Clean and unmarked.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped. In a Brodart jacket cover.

McGraw-Hill, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Stated first edition with $7.95 flap price. Nabokov's first story collection including the famed title story. Noted Nabokov scholar George Cohen's copy, with his embossed seal on corner of title page and no other marks. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped, in a Brodart jacket cover.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Nabokov's first novel, published in Russia in 1925 and here first translated into English. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped. In a Brodart DJ cover.

New York: McGaraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Stated first edition with $5.95 on flap. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is especially clean, fine and protected by an archival Mylar Brodart cover.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. First indicated by the number 1 in a number line and no additional printing for McGraw-Hill first editions of 1972-74, as this one is. A superb unclipped, unmarked copy in a Mylar cover.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Original quarter black gilt cloth with light gray and white stripped paper covered boards, red topstain, and single date on copyright page, with no blindstamp on rear cover. Nabokov's groundbreaking novel of a professor';s infatuation with a nympeth. Minor discoloration to 2""x4"" area of rear cover next to black cloth not extending inward or to cloth and not affecting quality of board. Jacket is from an early printing in the same design and year of publication, and has the $5.oo flap price intact. Archival Mylar cover included.

Evanston: Northwestern Univerity Press, 1971. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Started first printing. Includes Nabokov's ""Anniversary Notes,"" rare photos, and bibliographical notes. A pristine copy but for a tiny chip to the jacket spine bottom, unclipped and unmarked in a plastic Brodart jacket cover.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. The first British edition of this work by the great Russian emigre author. In an unnamed dream country, a young man is condemned to death by beheading for ""gnostical turpitude,"" an imaginary crime that defies definition. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a tiny 1/8"" V chip to the spine top and light rubbing to its bottom, but is otherwise near fine, clean and bright, with the 18/-net price on the flap. Protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Stated first edition. The first English translation of Nabokov's first novel, which was issued in Russia in 1925. It is here translated by Michael Glenny in collaboration with the author. Aside from a 1/4"" nick at the top inside corner, a fine, clean, bright and unclipped copy. Protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover.

Viking Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. An omnibus with material never before published. In a Mylar jacket cover. Contains previous owner's inscription.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

New York: Phaedra, 1966. First Printing Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. In Mylar cover. Out of print. First printing edition. Binding is cloth boards.

New York: The Paris Review, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. As New. The first posthumous publication of this work by the author of LOLITA. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

The University of Wisconsin, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. Includes an original interview with Nabokov as well as essays and papers on his life and work by authorities on the noted Russian author. Fine and unmarked but for handwritten 'VN Interview on lower front cover. Uncommon.

Princeton: Bollingen Series, 1964. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. The first separate publication of these works by Nabokov. Original stiff paper covers with single date on copyright. A clean, bright copy, with no markings in text.

Phaedra, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Original yellow cloth and $4.50 price in first state with publisher's address on copyright page. Book is clean and unmarked. Jacket is bright and clean, with a minor price label discoloration on the foreedge. Protected by a Brodart cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. Stated first edition with full number line. Edited, annotated and with an introduction by Nabokov scholar Simon Karlinsky. Important source for the study of Nabokov. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked in a Mylar jacket cover.