A Russian beauty and other stories
by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070457352
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457355
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
268 pp. Previous owner signed his name across the front inside covers. A newspaper review of this book from the Baltimore Sun dated May 6th, 1973 is taped to the front free paper. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. DJ is bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
A Russian Beauty and Other Stories is a collection of thirteen short stories by Vladimir Nabokov. All were written in Russian by Nabokov between 1923 and 1940 as an expatriate in Berlin, Paris, and other places in western Europe. They appeared individually in the Russian émigré press. Subsequently, they were translated into English by him and his son, Dmitri Nabokov but for the first story which was translated by Simon Karlinsky. The collection was published in 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- pp1000736
- Title
- A Russian beauty and other stories
- Author
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070457352
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457355
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Vladimir NaboKov
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.