Search Results: Russian Literature from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: Modern Library, 1937. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. An early Modern Library edition with 245 books listed on inside of jacket. In blue cloth with silver foil to type. Some softening/wear to corners and fading to spine ends. Front hinge split at title page with mull showing, bt still holding. Interior clean. Jacket is unclipped($1.10) with large chips to spine ends and smaller to corners and top of front panel. Numerous tears with splitting at flap creases and rear panel at spine with tape repairs inside and out. Previous owner's name and date(1937) to front flap. Modern Library Giant #G23.

New York: Modern Library. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A scarce early Modern Library printing from the 1930's with flexibinding and the first with illustrated jacket by Richard A. Loederer. Complete in one volume. A very nice copy in red cloth and gilt to type and design motif. Top page ends tinted red with faint moisture stain to tops of about last 100 pages. Light fading to top of spine. Price sticker to front pastedown. Clean with tight binding and very little wear, woud be close to fine without small moisture stain. In scarce jacket that mostlyhas chipping at corners and spine ends, but some micro chipping/flaking and a few short tears to panel edges. Crease to front panel. Tanning mostly to spine and flap edges and split most of the way up rear spine crease that is still holding. 225 Books listed in series on inside of jacket. Modern Library #37.

New York: Modern Library, 1950. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A very nice copy in grey cloth with gilt and green title panels. Top page ends tinted green. Small smudge to front board. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped($1.25) with a few tiny nicks and chips to spine ends and a few nicks to panel edges. Modern Library #151. 334 books listed on inside of jacket.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. First US Edition/2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The quintessential translated edition of one of the greatest works ever written. In red cloth boards with silver foil type to spine. A nice copy with sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Unclipped jacket($29.95) has slight razor cut across top of jacket spine 1/8 inch from top, otherwise nice and glossy.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The quintessential translated edition of one of the greatest works ever written. In red boards and spine cloth with silver type. Three of four corners bumped/split and dings to bottoms of boards. Interior clean and binding tight. Jacket has edgewear and nicks, chips at corners and spine ends and some short tears to edges. Scuffins as well.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. The quintessential translated edition of one of the greatest works ever written. In red boards and spine cloth with silver type. Three of four corners dinged/split and light wear to spine ends with bump at heel. Clean interior and tight binding. Jacket has short tear and creasing to heel of spine.

Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1976. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing stated. In blue leatherette binding and gilt to type on spine. Stiff binding and unworn - appears unread. Jacket has light edgewear/scuffing and a short tear to top of front panel.

New York: The Modern Library. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A nice early Modern Library Edition of the classic from the 1930's with author name mispelled - scarce in jacket. In red cloth with gilt to type and design motifs. Top page ends tinted red. Light dings to corners. Small marks to front pastedown, address and date stamps to ffep and store and location in pencil to verso, otherwise clean interior. Solid binding. Jacket has small chips and nicks/short tears to corners, head of spine and top edges.Toning/darkening to spine and edges of panels. 245 books listed on verso of jacket. Modern library #199.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First US Edition Thus/Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. A very nice early printing with no date to title or copyright page. Volume IV in The Novels of Dostoevsky with only three other titles listed: The Brothers Karamazov, The Possessed and The Idiot and 'Printed in England' on copyright page. Letter A to first page and Ballantyne Printer's slug to last page. In grey cloth with gilt to type and top page ends which have a little pigment loss to gold. Spine is lightly tanned with very light wear at ends. Nice sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Early Printing

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The Illustrated Modern Library Edition in black paper covered boards and red spine cloth with gilt and black to type and illustration. Top page ends tinted red. Some wear to corners, smudges to boards and fading/pigment loss to spine with some stains towards bottom. Paper at hinges starting to split, but still solid. In scarce slipcase with tipped on paper label. Small split to one of top corners of opening with some paper loss and bump with small splits to edge of one board of opening. Edgewear and rubbing at corners - Good.

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The Illustrated Modern Library Edition in black paper covered boards and red spine cloth with gilt and black to type and illustration. Missing clear jacket with title, but still has slipcase which has protected it. Corners sharp, interior clean and binding tight. Just some fading to spine and a little rubbing at corners and front edge of rear board. Slipcase has tipped on title plate with illustration and has some wear/rubbing and dents to edges, corners and openings - Good

New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Editon stated with full number line 9-1. In light grey boards with green type. Dings to corners and top of rear board. Pale foxing to page ends and top of spine cloth with another spot to heel of cloth, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with some edgewear/creasing and light fading to spine and top of rear panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . By the contemporary masters of Russian translation. First American Edition stated with full number line 9-1. In black boards with gilt type. Light dings to bottom corners and some light wear to spine ends. Clean interior. Jacket is unclipped with some edgewear/rubbing mostly to spine ends/corners.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. In beige linen cloth and blue spine cloth with white and gold stamping to spine. Nice and clean with tight binding. Review clipping of subsequent volume laid in. Jacket is unclipped with edgewear/rubbing.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. In light grey boards and spine cloth with silver type. Bottom front corner dinged, otherwise light wear. Jacket is unclipped($16.95) with some edgewear especially at top edges and nicks to same and top front corner.

New York: Willey Book Company, 1921. Early Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. Copyright page states ""Published June, 1921"" and matches copyright year, though no date on title page. A beautiful copy in blue cloth with gilt to spine(Somewhat dulled) and top page ends. Very minimal wear at corners and spine ends and a few small spots to boards. Crease to rear pastedown from printer and small bookstore sticker removal. A few edge tears/chips to a few pages which apparently had to still be cut. Very clean interior with solid binding. A very nice copy for the age.

New York: Macmillan, 1915. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. The First US Printing of this translation direct into English with date of first printing on title page, 'Printed in England' on copyright page and only four titles listed. In grey cloth with gilt to top page ends that has dulled. Dinged corners frayed at bottom. Shallow strip to top of spine mostly gone and a few spots of fraying to bottom. Tanning and soiling/marks to spine. Interior surprisingly clean with mild tanning and solid binding.

New York: Grove Press, 1957. First US Edition Thus/Early Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. First trade paperback edition? Light edgewear with fint creases to spine which is cocked and creasing to bottom rear corner of cover and text block. Clean interior.

Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1938. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. First Edition stated of Nabokov's first novel to be published in the US which he retranslated himself after being dissatisfied with the first translation published in England under the title Camera Obscura in 1932. In apparent first state binding of green cloth with black title panel to spine with gilt to type and design motif. A few small marks to front board and some fading to spine. Deckle edge with uneven tears to front edges of several pages towards rear where they seemed to have been uncut when purchased. A few small marks to top page ends. Binding solid and interior clean. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket.

Paris: Gallimard, 1950. First Edition Thus/38th Printing. Paperback. Good +/N/A. In wraps. Stated 38th Edition denoting printing. Some vertical creases to spine with small chips and a couple short tears to spine ends. Small price sticker to bottom of spine.Some light creasing to front cover with a few spots of foxing more pronounced to spine and page ends. A couple front page ends torn/cut unevenly likely at printer. Pages tanned. Deckle edge. In French.