THE PORTABLE NABOKOV (Originally Published as NABOKOV'S CONGERIES)
by Vladimir Nabokov; (Editor, Introduction, Page Stegner)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0670010731
- ISBN 13
- 9780670010738
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Paperback. Good/None as Issued. Text/As New w/losses to edges of first two pages. Softcover/Good; shelworn w/faint creasing to front & back corners, edge rubs, spine creases, and nips & chip to upper/lower spine edges. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block.Anthology of works of Russian-born-American Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977), foremost of the post-1917 émigré authors. He wrote in both Russian and English, whose his works, including Lolita (1955) are noted for their stylish, intricate, and lterary effects. 563 pgs, in 5 parts: Part I, The Artist Himself (from Speak, Memory: an Autobiography Revisited); II, Eleven Stories; III, Essays & Criticisms (inc. "On a Booked Entitled Lolita", and, "Reply to My Critics"); IV, A Novel (Pnin) & Three Excerts; and V, Poems. Strong copy in a tired softcover.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE PORTABLE NABOKOV (Originally Published as NABOKOV'S CONGERIES)
- Author
- Vladimir Nabokov; (Editor, Introduction, Page Stegner)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0670010731
- ISBN 13
- 9780670010738
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Anthology/Literature/Fiction/Novel/Short StoriesPoems/Autobiography
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