Collins Collectors’ Choice: Vladimir Nabokov: Five Novels.
by Nabokov, Vladimir. Introduction by Peter Quennell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Williams Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1979. First printing of this edition of this collection of five of Nabokov's best known works including Lolita. Octavo, original leatherette gilt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov's first writings were in Russian, but he achieved his greatest fame with the novels he wrote in the English language, including his masterpiece Lolita. Included in this collection are five of Nabokov's best known novels: Lolita, The Gift, Invitation to a Beheading, King Queen Knave, and Glory.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89097
- Title
- Collins Collectors’ Choice: Vladimir Nabokov: Five Novels.
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir. Introduction by Peter Quennell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Williams Collins Sons and Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Collins Collectors' Choice: Vladimir Nabokov Five Novels, first edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...