NIKOLAI GOGOL. Signed [Signed 1st Edition ]

by Nabokov, Vladimir

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Edition: 1st Edition

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Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions Books, 1944 First edition, First State with five titles to advertisement page & four titles to rear flap of the Alvin Lustig designed dustwrapper which is also first state with the $1.50 price unclipped. 12mo., [i] + [vi] + 1-174. A very good copy, the spine ev er so slightly darkened with a couple of very small stains at the heel, the dustwrapper a very good & bright example with a narrow 3/16ths bit of loss at the crown. An outstanding copy of Nabokov's extensive & very important early essay of his countryman, as this copy is inscribed by the master & embellished with one of his famous butterfly sketches to his dear friends of over 40 years, the Thompsons: "To Lisbeth and Bertrand with the author's love / Cambridge, Mass / Sept. 1944". The book wa s published by New Directions, August 15th, 1944 making this a very early inscription. Genuine Nabokov presentations are uncommon especially those of a personal & generous nature. Julian A22.1 Nabokov's distinguished contribution [the fifth] to the Makers Of Modern Literature Series By New Directions. Preceded by works on: Joyce, Woolf, Forster & Lorca. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.

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NIKOLAI GOGOL. Signed [Signed 1st Edition ] by Nabokov, Vladimir

Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library (CA)
Bookseller Inventory #: 27033
Title: NIKOLAI GOGOL. Signed
Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Books
Place: Norfolk, Connecticut
Date published: 1944
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