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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0811206440
- ISBN 13
- 9780811206440
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1968. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Introduction by Conrad Brenner. Photographic paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A novel by the great 20th century Russian writer -- Vladimir Nabokov. On the death of Sebastian Knight, his half brother (the narrator of the story) sets out to penetrate his life. " ... The search proves to be a story quite as intriguing as any of Sebastian Knight's own books, as baffling and, in the end, as uniquely rewarding." – from rear panel blurb. Some creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. The rear panel shows previous bookseller's sticker and some patchy sunning. Age toning of the text block edges and pages; and, there is a rub marks to the top right-hand corner of the half title page. There is a thick black remainder stripe to the lower text edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XV, [3], 5 - 205, [5 – of which to a further titles from publishing house] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0811206440. ISBN/EAN: 9780811206440. Inventory No: 0286514. . 9780811206440
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0286514
- Title
- The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0811206440
- ISBN 13
- 9780811206440
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Russian -- Mystery Unbranded ISBN: 0811206440 EAN: 9780811206440 Nabokov, Vladimir The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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