King, Queen, Knave
by Nabokov, Vladimir. Translated By Dmitri Nabokov in Collaboration with the Author
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297761773
- ISBN 13
- 9780297761778
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1968. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1968 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 272 pages. Blue hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends ever so slightly rubbed, previous owner's name to front end-paper, contents very clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, very slight curl to top edge, not price clipped. Originally published in Berlin in 1928. Novel set in a totalitarian regime. With foreword written by Nabokov in 1967. Review copy with publisher's original review slip loosely inserted. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Originally written in 1928, it was translated from Russian to English by Nabokov's son in 1968. The novel is the story of well-to-do Dreyer, who has a lovely but terriby cold wife, named Martha. Bored, manipulative Martha plots to make a lover of Dreyer's nephew, Franz, when he comes to work for Dreyer in Berlin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015457
- Title
- King, Queen, Knave
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir. Translated By Dmitri Nabokov in Collaboration with the Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0297761773
- ISBN 13
- 9780297761778
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- NOVEL POLITICAL TOTALITARIAN REGIME
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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