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Vladimir Nabokov Selected Letters 1940-1977
by Nabokov, Vladimir (edited by Dmitri Nabokov & Matthew J. Bruccoli)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0297810340
- ISBN 13
- 9780297810346
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297810340 . Brown boards with bright Gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped. Ex-REFERENCE Library with minimal library markings = One Label with a 'Discard' stamp, a Faint line of printed numbers and traces of a small label removed from the front free endpaper, plus a faint date and traces of a label removed from the foot of the rear free endpaper, and a library stamp at the very end of the text, but NO other library - or other - markings. Internally apart from the markings just noted there are NO Inscriptions or Marks. (xxvi) + 582 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Contents cover: -Introduction; Editorial Notes; Chronology; Letters written in Germany and France, 1923-1939; Letters, 1940-1977; Index. Apart from It's status as an Ex-Ref Library copy (minimal) , this is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'Fine' copy. " More than four hundred letters chronicle the development of Nabokov's literary career, recording his struggles in the publishing world, the battles over "Lolita," and his relationship with his wife...... ". ; Ex-Library; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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- Seller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 110186
- Title
- Vladimir Nabokov Selected Letters 1940-1977
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir (edited by Dmitri Nabokov & Matthew J. Bruccoli)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297810340
- ISBN 13
- 9780297810346
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0297810340, Vladimir Nabokov; Modernism; Twentieth Century Literature;, Selected Letters 1940-1977; Dmitri Nabokov;, Matthew J. Bruccoli; Lolita; American Literature; Russian Literature; , Russian Emigre;, Pale Fire; Ada; Letters Written In Germany And Fr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Russia; American Literature; Foreign Literature/Lang;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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