LOLITA (VOLUME ONE vol 1 I)
by NABOKOV, VLADIMIR..;..RAY, JOHN JR. FOREWORD
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Durham, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: OLYMPIA PRESS. Very Good. 1955 verso. first edition". Paperback. 4x7". First edition, first issue, with the original price ("Francs: 900") printed on lower cover of each volume 1 AND AN ORIGINAL 1X2" WHITE STICKER TO BACK OF VOL 2.."NEW PRICE FRANCS 1.200 PER VOLUME....OLYMPIA PRESS" small 1/8" corner chip to that paper notice, else complete. VERY GOOD Condition, clean, solid copies. Vol 1 shows small bit of that label was removed in past) else both volumes are close to new. PAGES 11 AND 12 OF VOL.I ABSENT FROM PAGINATION, AS ISSUED...Covers state "THE OLYMPIA PRESS" on 3 Individual lines,..centered..not on 2 lines . Title page has "THE OLYMPIA PRESS--- 8,Rue de Nesle, Paris 6 e" on 2 lines.. WHITE SPINE STRIP HAS SINGLE asterisk * BOTTOM SPINE of VOLUME 2 HAS 2 ASTERISKS (**); Volume One has white endpaper with *1...That page is followed by 3 sheets and text begins with page numbered 7....... Volume Two has **1 and is followed by 3 sheets and text begins on page 9.... Dark Green covershave narrow black decorative border with narrow white inner border....and cover text in black as central text. ; 188+223pg pages; book1 Back cover has "France : 900".."Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. " .
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- Bookseller
- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136391
- Title
- LOLITA (VOLUME ONE vol 1 I)
- Author
- NABOKOV, VLADIMIR..;..RAY, JOHN JR. FOREWORD
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition"
- Publisher
- OLYMPIA PRESS
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1955 verso
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, EROTICA
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