INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. 223 pages. Pages clean, good condition. Yellow endpapers. Red top edges. Quarter bound red cloth, gilt title on spine. Beige and white boards. Head/tail of spine and edges very lightly worn. White dust jacket with yellow background and grey, black and red title. DJ is price clipped. DJ shows light wear, edges are worn. Spine lightly soiled. VG+/VG. 1st US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029603
- Title
- INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Novel, Fiction, Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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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...
- Edges
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