KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Stated FIRST EDITION with "B" variant binding (trimmed smooth bottom edge). From author's foreward--"Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest." Set in Berlin in the late 1920s, it features a love triangle in which the woman in question plots to kill her husband so she can be with his nephew. 272 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Orange topstain, deckle edge. Some light rubbing to edges. Some very light foxing to fore edge. Rear board very lightly cocked. DJ archivally protected. Price sticker to front DJ flap. Some very light soiling to front DJ panel, spine.
Synopsis
Originally written in 1928, it was translated from Russian to English by Nabokov's son in 1968. The novel is the story of well-to-do Dreyer, who has a lovely but terriby cold wife, named Martha. Bored, manipulative Martha plots to make a lover of Dreyer's nephew, Franz, when he comes to work for Dreyer in Berlin.
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143
- Title
- KING, QUEEN, KNAVE
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1968
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The Sensible Magpie has no established storefront; she is MAIL ORDER ONLY. Once payment is received and processed, item(s) will be shipped out promptly.
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Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
Media and Priority Rates include standard USPS tracking numbers, which I will include once processed.
Postage rates for within the U.S. will cover up to five pounds.
If your order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you noting extra charges are required.
Delivery confirmation available upon request.
UPS and FEDEX Expedited Services available if requested and will be rated accordingly.
We pack well! We want your order to arrive in the same manner as it left us. 30 Day return if your book is not as described, with full refund including original shipping costs.
Customer information kept confidential. Used ONLY for the purpose of fulfilling orders. NEVER sold or soliticited to by any other party.
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