Lolita

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1959. 21s original cover price. Modern Library ranked Lolita as the 4th most important novel of the 20th century. Lolita has a strange publishing history. It was first published in two paperbacks by The Olympia Press in Paris in 1955, most near fine or better copies are priced at $5000+. It was then published later by G.P. Putnam's Sons in the US later the same year and finally in the UK in 1959. Even the US edition is often priced at $1000+. This is a less-expensive alternative. Very Good+ in Fine- dust jacket. A beautiful copy with a particularly exceptional dust jacket. Boards are clean, hint of a bend to the front board, some spotting to the edges of the text block and end-papers (due to the quality of the paper and age) but the interior pages look much brighter. The dust jacket is beautiful NO chips or tears. Typical toning to the back. Otherwise an exceptionally nice copy of this book overall, not often found as such. Most copies are missing the jackets or have many imperfections. NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers. ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.)