London: A.H. Bullen, 1903. Boards. SIGNED BY NORTHERN IRISH NOVELIST, LITERARY CRITIC AND TRANSLATOR FORREST REID (1875-1947) on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1903 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-green boards, with light foxing to the preliminaries (including the pastedowns), a couple..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1957. Cloth. The 1957 1st American trade edition (following the hyper-rare signed/limited edition of 100 copies). Solid and VG+ (light offsetting at the rear pastedown and the rear endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.50), VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends and the tips..... More
New York: Phaedra Inc., 1967. Original wraps. The August 1967 stated 1st paperback edition --there was an even less common simultaneous hardback edition-- of the Pheadra printing of Nabokov's masterwork, here published OUT OF NEW YORK in Russian! A clean, impressive copy. Solid and VG+ in its black and white..... More
Ann Arbor and New York: Ardis Publishers and McGraw-Hill, 1974. Cloth. The 1974 1st thus, the 1st appearance of "Mary" as published in The States but with Nabokov's text completely in its native Russian exclusively. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing to the..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1972. Cloth. The 1972 1st American edition, translated from its original Turkish and edited by Faruk Sumer et al. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the edges. Octavo, fold-out map ("The Two Worlds of Dede..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1972. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1972 stated 1st American printing, translated from its original German by the formidable Ralph Manheim (who also translated Celine, among others, into English). A Review Copy to boot, with the FSG Review Slip laid-in. Clean..... More
