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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First edition (with publisher's "Publication Stamp Dec 12 1941"). Hardcover. Very good. 205pp. Octavo [22 cm] Thickly woven red cloth over boards, with a decorative paper title label on the front board (title label on spine is lacking). The spine is subly sunned (with the exception of the area where the title label once was). There is a contemporary owner's name, along with the brief notation, "Kansas City, 1943," on the front free endpaper. The endpapers are darkened along the edges and hinges. Nabokov's first significant work in English.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62152
- Title
- The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (with publisher's "Publication Stamp Dec 12 1941")
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- literature; modern first editions; Vladimir Nabokov; Real Life of Sebastian Knight; palmsprings2022
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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