The Real Life Of Sebastian Knight

Norfolk, Connecticutt [1945]: New Directions, 1941. First Edition, Second Issue . Smooth Red Cloth. Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 205 Pp. First Edition. Colophon States A Total Of 1500 Copies Were Printed. Bound In Smooth Red Cloth [749 Copies Were Bound In A Red Burlap Binding In 1941, The Remaining 751 Copies Were Bound In This Smooth Red Cloth… Read more about this item

New Directions Publishing Corp, 2008. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Some jacket wear from storage..

New Directions. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First American Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0811203271 . ; Blue cloth cover has light wear to corners and caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust… Read more about this item

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Front binding is slightly worn at the corners. DJ has a small chip on the top outside edge with slight smudging. Previous owner's name on the inside front binding and attached page. From the front DJ, "...Nabokov...works his perverse magic in more than one dimension. On the surface, this… Read more about this item

London: PL Editions Poetry London, 1945. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Minus. Slim 12mo., 181pp. Sharp First British Edition and the first Nabokov work published in the UK. Bound in plight purple cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some light uniform off-setting to end-papers due to jacket flaps. A… Read more about this item

First UK edition of Nabokov's novel, published in 1945. The dj is in pieces, pasted together, with critical intact front and back flaps.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1959. First edition of the reissue of Nabokov's first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing… Read more about this item

London: Editions Poetry, (1945). First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 181p duedecimo. A fine copy in a very good First issue dust wrapper red background with yellow and black printing,price clipped, but with a $3.00 price stamped at the top of the front flap. Jacket has 2 internal tape reinforcements. Bookplate I suspect… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First edition of Nabokov's first novel published in English, one of only 1,500 copies printed. Octavo, original burlap weave. In fine condition. A very nice example. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax -- about the mysterious life of a… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1941. First edition. Red burlap , spine and cover labels. A fine copy with no wear, bright spine label (small variant); the jacket is missing large chips from the spine. The author's name is spelled "Nabokov" on jacket. A review copy, stamped with the publication date on the front endpaper, and a contemporary publicity photo… Read more about this item

New Directions, 1959-01-17. Paperback. Acceptable. ALMOST GOOD. Ships quickly. Mild to moderate shelf/reading wear. EXTENSIVE UNDERLINING. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Editions Poetry, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. First Published. 181 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Large brown marks and water staining to rear free endpaper and pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld, 1960 (500 grams) ex-library, faint mark to upper board, library rules plate to endpaper, stamps etc to fep which is clipped at top corner, stamp to title page, tape rust strip to paste downs and free end papers, otherwise tidy copy, first thus after 1941 New Directions edition, 192pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1959. 8vo, in blue cloth boards with silver lettering and blue decoration on spine, in illustrated jacket, 205 pp. Very Good, light fading along edges, slight cant to spine, previous owner's name and address on title page, bottom corners frayed./Very Good jacket, chipping to crown and tail of jacket spine, price clipped, general chipping and… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. No Edition Stated. 172 pages. Paperback book. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine, with marking and creasing to covers and spine. Book has a forward lean.

Vintage, 1992-02-03. paperback. Acceptable. 5x0x8. Cover art does not match. Wear to cover and spine has small tears. Pages are clean and unmarked. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing, American reissue. Introduction by Conrad Brenner. Boards with light edgewear, near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing, a slightly sunned spine and modest edgwear. Author's first novel written in English.

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1977. Trade Paperback. Used: Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾Tall. Type: Book If you are a lover of fiction, you should greatly enjoy this book. There is some writing and underlining on page 5.

London: Editions Poetry London, 1945. First British Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. First British Edition. 8vo. Pp. 181. Bound in purple cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Cloth a bit age-toned; price-clipped dust jacket with chips and fading to spine. Nabokov's first work published in England, this edition following the first English-language edition published by… Read more about this item