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Nabokov, Vladimir (1899-1977) Pale Fire, limited edition.
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1994.
Limited edition, two volumes, folio, with the poem printed separately in a smaller format; copy 130 of 200, from a total of 226 (of which 200 were offered for sale); illustrated with a silhouette frontispiece portrait by Andrew Hoyem; both volumes bound in pale iridescent purple moire cloth, front panels inset with a disc of gray moire cloth gilt-stamped, spines lettered in gilt; with the original prospectus inserted; (slipcase corners lightly bumped); large format: 10 7/8 x 7 in.; small format: 4 x 6 in.
[With] Andrew Hoyem's keepsake essay for subscribers, "On Nabokov's Poem, Pale Fire," one of 200 copies printed by the Arion Press, 1997.
