King, Queen, Knave Nabokov, Vladimir
by Vladimir King
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070457166
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457164
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Good. Good + black cloth Hardcover, in later dustjacket. Stated First ed./ first printing, Translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. First Edition & First Edition in English. 8vo., 273pp.The gilt-lettered black cloth binding blind embossed at the spine in VG condition, "First Edition" printing statment & 45715 on the copyright page. Orange endpapers, top edge stained orangy-red. Some rubbing at edges only. Now married with G-, later pictorial BCE dustjacket.
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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Details
- Seller
- Station North Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0817W905426
- Title
- King, Queen, Knave Nabokov, Vladimir
- Author
- Vladimir King
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070457166
- ISBN 13
- 9780070457164
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- This edition first published
- June 1969
Terms of Sale
Station North Books
20 days no-questions-asked returns. I'll pay postage if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
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