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Heinemann, London., 1957. First U.K. edition. Octavo. A 191-page comic novel.Free endpapers faintly tanned. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in very good indeed, slightly nicked dustwrapper a bit rubbed at the head and tail of spine. Beneath the potted biography of the author on the rear panel of the dustwrapper the publishers have pasted a puff by Rebecca West. Now scarce in presentable condition.
Synopsis
One of the twentieth century's master prose stylists, Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied French and Russian literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, then lived in Berlin and Paris, where he launched a brilliant literary career. In 1940 he moved to the United States, and achieved renown as a novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He taught literature at Wellesley, Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard. In 1961 he moved to Montreux, Switzerland, where he died in 1977.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NABOKOVV014905
- Title
- Pnin.
- Author
- NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Heinemann, London.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- russian
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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