NABOKOV'S DOZEN. Thirteen Stories.
by NABOKOV, Vladimir:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann. 1959. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on a Halloween visit to London, in the year the British first edition of Lolita was published. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the rear joint, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents with a gift inscription and some spotting to the text block edges, extending occasionally to the page are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little spotted to the lower panel. Not price-clipped. Rare in signed state. Inscribed by the author "Vladimir Nabokov Oct 31 1959, London" likely at the behest of Jean, to whom the book was inscribed five months prior (in a different hand). Nabokov's Dozen was first published in book form in the US in 1958; this UK edition published 16 March 1959, includes four additional stories "Signs and Symbols", "Scenes from the Life of a DoubleMonster", "Lance", and "First Love", which (in Nabokov's own words) "became the darling of anthologists". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21063
- Title
- NABOKOV'S DOZEN. Thirteen Stories.
- Author
- NABOKOV, Vladimir:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First UK edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: William Heinemann. 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Inscribed
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