Despair;
by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
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- Very Good, solid, text vibdant, no soiling, nowriring, except a name on free end paper/DJ Good, some syaining and shelf wear at top, tear at front bottom and some shelf wear, soiling at spine. Not clipped $5.00 wi
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About This Item
Putnam, 1965-1966, 2nd English version, 1966. Putnam, 1965-1966, 2nd English version. Black cloth over boards, gold lettering at spine. Very Good, solid, text vibdant, no soiling, nowriring, except a name on free end paper/DJ Good, some syaining and shelf wear at top, tear at front bottom and some shelf wear, soiling at spine. Not clipped $5.00 with letter D.. Nabokov began to compose Despair while he was living in Berlin beginning in July 1932 and managed to complete the first draft on September 10 of the same year. The year in which Nabokov was writing Despair was a turbulent one for Germany. In June 1932, the Reichstag had collapsed and Incumbent President President Paul von Hindenburg called for elections, leading to violence between the Nazis and Communists. (wiki) Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 -- thirty years after its original publication -- Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime: his own murder. "A beautiful mystery plot, not to be revealed." - Newsweek. G. P. Putnam.
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- YJS BOXES OF BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 897
- Title
- Despair;
- Author
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth over boards, gold lettering at spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, solid, text vibdant, no soiling, nowriring, except a name on free end paper
- Jacket Condition
- DJ Good, some syaining and shelf wear at top, tear at front bottom and some shelf wear, soiling at spine. Not clipped $5.00 wi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Putnam, 1965-1966, 2nd English version
- Publisher
- Putnam, 1965-1966, 2nd English version
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- bc bib web #1,040 bx54
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