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Invitation to a Beheading
by NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960 (first English edition)/ 1935. Octavo, 208 pages. Black papered boards lettered in silver on the spine, top edge dyed red; extremities a trifle bumped; top edge slightly sunned; an excellent copy with the unclipped dustwrapper lightly rubbed and with a few tiny closed tears. 'Translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author'; the three-page foreword by the author is new to this edition.
Synopsis
Invitation to a Beheading is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian in 1935-1936 as a serial in Contemporary Notes (Sovremennye zapiski), a highly respected Russian émigré magazine. In 1938 the work was published in Paris, with an English translation following in 1959. The English version was translated by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov, under the author's supervision.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125716
- Title
- Invitation to a Beheading
- Author
- NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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