Search Results: Authors starting with N from Quill & Brush

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987). First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof with probable publication date October 1987. Fine in red paperwraps.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1988). First U.S. edition. A review copy, with publisher's blurb laid in. Fine in pictorial dust jacket.

[San Francisco]: Tangram, 1998. First edition. One of a stated 170 unnumbered copies. His only book of poems. Nabham is an ecologist, ethnobotanist, and Ecumenical Franciscan. His work focuses primarily on Southwest plants and cultures, and he's considered a pioneer in the local food movement and the movement to save heirloom seeds. 18 poems including one "for Doc Ricketts and Robinson Jeffers." Finely printed, 7 x 11", hand-sewn into handmade paper covers with deckled lower edge and plain flaps; front cover label printed in red and black. Fine.

London: Editions Poetry London, (1947). First UK edition, preceded by the U.S. edition. In dust jacket with publisher's price sticker on front flap (priority undetermined). Nabokov's study of one of Russia's great literary genuises. Pages considerably darkened with age as usually seen, foxing to top edge of cloth, few minor bumps, otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket slightly faded on edges.

(New York): Phaedra Publishers, 1966. First edition. Juliar's variant "b" with white endpapers and pages bulking about 8.5mm. 8vo simulated cloth boards stamped in black; 104 pages. Near fine in bright, near fine dust jacket.

(New York): Phaedra, 1966. First edition. This copy with red endpapers vs. white and without 3rd line under "Distribution" on rear flap of dust jacket [Juliar A19.1, variant d, no known priority. NOTE: per Juliar's update, although the copyright page is the same, copies in darker blue cloth with dark blue dust jackets are 2nd printings]. 8vo blue cloth boards stamped in black; 111 pages. Near fine with just a touch of rubbing to spine ends; in very good to near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and barest wear.

New York: Viking Press, (1968). First edition. A cross-section of his writing selected and with critical introduction by Page Stegner. Includes poetry, essays, stories, criticism,and excerpts from his books. Near fine with what appears to be a tiny remainder stamp on bottom page edge and blue top edge faded and faintly foxed; in near fine dust jacket with internally tape-repaired tear at top of rear spine fold and toning to title lettering on spine.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1938). First edition. Published in England under the title, "Camera Obscura." The first book by Vladimir Nabokov to be printed in the United States. Variant binding in orange cloth stamped in black--one of three variant bindings. Very good with lightly soiled cover, small mark to bottom of text block, spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed, and slight tear in cloth along the upper edge. Lacking original dust jacket but with facsimile provided.

Paris: A. Fayard et Cie, (1934). First edition of the French translation, preceding the English translation by 30 years. Number 41 of 75 copies on "vellum" (i.e., fine textured) paper with flower on spine (vs. price). 8vo white paperwraps printed in purple and black; 320 pages, most of which are unopened. Corners gently pushed and tiny nick to fore edge title page otherwise quite bright and fine. Scarce.

No-place: no-publisher, 1974. First edition. 124-page unproduced screenplay dated April 1974. Xerox copy of typed script printed on rectos only; brad-bound in red card covers with "The Defence" handwritten on front cover and bottom page edge. Cullingford is the pseudonym of mystery writer Constance Lindsay Taylor, and Troell is the Swedish director whose 1971 film, "The Emigrants," was nominated for an Academy Award. About very good with light stains to covers and pages a little aged. Scarce to rare.

New York: Phaedra, 1965. First edition. Presumed first issue with publisher's address on copyright page; in presumed first-issue dust jacket printed on white laid uncoated paper and with Trident Press mentioned at bottom of back flap. [Note: Juliar does not assign a priority to the two issues but we believe this to be the first as the points match those on an advance review copy we handled.] Fine in near fine dust jacket with light soiling, slight darkening around edges, and touch of minor wear.

New York: Henry Holt, (1947). First edition. Dystopian novel "of a man under the tyrant state." 8vo black cloth, gilt spine lettering. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with light creasing and rubbing and few small chips and tears. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations about the text on rear endpaper and corresponding passages marked in pencil in margins.

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1959. First edition. Presumed first issue with "A25" on p.[44] versus "A26" though Juliar [A33.1a] calls both issues variants. Crisp and fine with barest wear in near fine to fine price-clipped dust jacket with faint, inconspicuous rubbing. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations about the text on rear endpaper and corresponding passages marked in pencil in margins.

Ann Arbor: Ardis, (1991). First edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket.

[Evanston]: Northwestern University, 1970. First edition and only edition. Special supplement to TriQuarterly 17, which was devoted entirely to Navokov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In this special supplement Nabokov reacts and responds to the contributors to TriQuarterly 17. Printed self wraps: 16 pages, cover serving as title page; last page blank; stapled. Very good or better with edges a little tanned and minor creasing.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1938). First U.S. edition in first-issue green cloth. Translated from the Russian by Nabokov, who disliked the translation by Winifred Roy for the 1936 UK edition (published under the title CAMERA OBSCURA). Very good with touch of fading to edges, pp.267-270 roughly opened, and old sticker shadow and minor loss to upper rear pastedown; in attractive dust jacket professionally repaired on edges and folds. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations about the text on rear endpaper.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1959). First UK edition, preceded by the U.S. in 1958. Originally published in Paris in 1955. The classic tale of child sexual abuse and the lies abusers tell themselves. 8vo silver-stamped black cloth; top edge red. Bright and fine in near fine dust jacket with internally mended 1" tear to bottom front spine fold with attendant rubbed creasing extending to base of spine but otherwise only the barest wear.

Paris: A. Fayard et Cie, (1934). First edition of the French translation, preceding the English translation by 30 years. Trade issue with price on spine vs. flower. Preceded by a fine-paper limited issue. 8vo white paperwraps printed in purple and black; 320 pages, most of which are unopened. Good to very good with light soiling, some fraying at edges, and price rubbed out on spine.

Paris: Contemporary Publishing House, 1932. First edition. In Russian. Not published in English until 1971. One of only 1,000 copies. [Juliar A13.1]. Small 8vo printed paperwraps with over-hanging edges. Very good to near fine with light foxing to covers and page edges and tiny tears to lower over-handing edges. Unopened. Quite scarce.

No-place: No-publisher, 1985. First edition, "Second draft, March 1985." An unproduced screenplay by Papas based on Nabokov's 1938 novel; a remake of the 1969 French-British film which changed the story's setting from 1930's Berlin to 1960's London. According to John Colapinto in The New Yorker, this planned 1986 remake was slated to star Mick Jagger in the role of the demonic Axel Rex but "ran aground after a ten-day table read of the script when Rebecca De Mornay, cast as the sex-kitten seductress, clashed with the director, Laszlo Papas, and fled the production." A replacement was found "but the production crumbled and was abandoned" ("Nabokov and the Movies, Jan. 2, 2015). Title page with "Property of" typewritten information for "Left Boot Productions" crossed out and with "J.C. Katz" (and contact info) handwritten beneath. 127 pages, printed on rectos only. 8 1/2 x 11"; clasp-bound in beige construction cardstock with "Vladimir Nabokov's 'Laughter in the Dark'" typewritten on front and the… Read More