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Nabokov, Vladimir (1899-1977) Nine first editions in twelve volumes.
1) Bend Sinister. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First printing, octavo; bound in publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth; with the striking pictorial jacket, price clipped (slight soiling to lower panel, minor edgewear); 8 x 5 1/4 in. Juliar A24.1.
2) Pnin. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957. First printing, octavo; bound in black cloth, spine lettered in red and yellow; with the publisher's illustrated jacket (price clipped, soiling, spine sunned, some edgewear; rubbed, slightly cocked); 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Juliar A 30.1.
3) Pale Fire. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First printing, octavo; publisher's black cloth stamped with gilt and blind, red endpapers, red topstain; with the unclipped pictorial jacket (some soiling, a few nicks and small closed tears; faint small stains, spine caps pushed); 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. Juliar A35.1.
4) The Eye. New York: Phaedra, 1966. First printing in English, octavo; bound in beige cloth lettered with black; publisher's unclipped illustrated jacket (area of toning to jacket); 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. Juliar A12.2.
5) Two copies of The Waltz Invention. New York: Phaedra, 1966. First printing, octavo; publisher's blue cloth stamped with black; both in their unclipped jackets; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. With another copy: a second printing with the original jacket. Juliar A19.1; A19.2.
6) King, Queen, Knave. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First printing in English; octavo; publisher's grey and black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, orange topstain; with the unclipped dust jacket; 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Juliar A9.2.
7) Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle in Five Parts. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. Advance proof copy of the first printing, octavo; bound in publisher's paper wrappers printed with black (tear at gutter of first page; faint stain to wrapper with transfer to prelim. blank); 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. With another copy: First edition, first printing, octavo; publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth, front board blind-stamped, yellow endpapers; with the black printed dust jacket, unclipped (lightly rubbed); 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. Juliar A40.1.
8) Glory. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. First printing in English, octavo; bound in publisher's black gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, red endpapers, red topstain; with the bright yellow unclipped dust jacket; 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. Juliar A13.2.
9) Details of a Sunset and Other Stories. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. First printing, octavo; bound in black publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered with yellow, mustard endpapers; with the pictorial jacket, price clipped (jacket with a few short, closed tears to upper edge); 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Juliar A48.1.
