Invitation To a Beheading
by Nabokov, Vladimir
Invitation to a Beheading is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian in 1935-1936 as a serial in Contemporary Notes (Sovremennye zapiski), a highly respected Russian émigré magazine. In 1938 the work was published in Paris, with an English translation following in 1959. The English version was translated by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov, under the author's supervision.
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Invitation to a Beheading.
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Dimitri Nabokov. Boards and endpapers quite foxed, else near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a small chip at the bottom of the front panel. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Item Price
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First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A superior copy, the white jacket is in much nicer than usual condition.
The novel is often described as Kafkaesque, but Nabokov claimed that at the time he wrote the book, he was unfamiliar with German and "completely ignorant" of Franz Kafka's work. Nabokov interrupted his work on The Gift in order to write Invitation… Read more about this item Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Fine in rubbed very good or better dustwrapper with two closed tears and light wear at the edges. A nice copy of this anti-utopian novel. Very uncommon in this condition. Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons [1959], 1959. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [4], 5-223, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth with white patterned paper boards, gold lettering on the spine; red topstain. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good-; with a Good dust jacket. Chips and tears to jacket edges. Weak staining to jacket and boards. Discoloration to end papers. Some foxing. Text is unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Item Price
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First American Edition. First American edition. The correct first in English as well. Juliar A16.2. 223 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, red topstain. Fine in a very bright, attractive dust jacket, Fine, unclipped, with trivial wear. A very sharp copy. Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
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Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960 (first English edition)/ 1935. Octavo, 208 pages. Black papered boards lettered in silver on the spine, top edge dyed red; extremities a trifle bumped; top edge slightly sunned; an excellent copy with the unclipped dustwrapper lightly rubbed and with a few tiny closed… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York; (1959): G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. First English translation. 223 pages. This is the first of the author's Russian-language novels to appear in English. It is the result of a most fortuitous collaboration between the author and his 25 year old son Dmitri. A fine copy bound in 1/4 red cloth over paper covered baords, spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 1960. First UK edition. First UK edition. Original black cloth lettered in silver to the spine, in the Eric Ayers designed dustwrapper. Upper edge coloured red. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Diagonal crease to the lower edge of the half title. In the dustwrapper, the front panel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov
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- 1959
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Unknown, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
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NEW YORK: PUTNAM Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. A very good FIRST IN good dj.. Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket. top edge dyed red., price-clipped dj has rubbing to rear panel and minor shallow wear to some edges, corners. no measurable chips or tears. no writing or markings. no bumps, spots. sturdy binding. an above average copy.; 208pp., translated from the russian by dmitri nabokov in collaboration with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
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NY: Putnam, 1959. Three tiny digits to top corner of ffep. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and shows minor chipping to top spine edge and corner of front panel (certainly not affecting any text). Overall, a most acceptable copy of the first edition of this novel by Nabokov. In the true first state dustwrapper (with two blurbs on back panel… Read more about this item Item Price
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INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
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NY: Putnam's, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 223. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. VG in worn dj. A novel. Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading: Vladimir Nabokov (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Very good with bumping and chipping to leather and some foxing in the front/end.. A pleasant two volume set in full gilt leather with all edges gilt. 16mo. 395pp; 420pp. Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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Weidenfeld, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Tightly bound. A little foxing.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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Commack, New York, USA
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NY: Putnam. VG-/VG-. 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Soling to the boards and edgewear to the DJ. . Item Price
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Invitation to a Beheading
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. The jacket is shelf worn with 4 small chips. The boards are tidy with little edge rub. The binding is excellent. The pages are clean and crisp with no inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. r*05/09/2023. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. … Read more about this item Item Price
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