The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
by Nabokov, Vladimir
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
-
SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norfolk, Conneticut: New Directions, 1959. Solid copy in the first printing of this reissue first published in 1941 in a printing of only 1500 copies. Unmarked, tight and square. Light blue textured boards lightly sunned on spine. Bit of faint foxing on endpapers. Price intact jacket has very shallow chipping at spine ends, base of front panel and front fold. In mylar. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016231
- Title
- The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
- Author
- Nabokov, Vladimir
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, Conneticut
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Books sent out within 24 - 48 hours upon receipt of order. Return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives that is not as described.
About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...