Vera's Butterflies: First Editions By Vladimir Nabokov Inscribed to His Wife
by Sarah Funke, et al
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Plus/No Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 1999. wrappers/soft cover, purple cover with gilt lettering. price list for all 135 items laid-in. three page foreword by dmitri nabokov laid-in., printed by stinehour press, .no flaws, clean, no writing or markings, tight binding., from an edition of 2000, 500 cloth, 1500 wrappers., 271pp., color illustrations throughout. texts by brian boyd, stephen jay gould, kurt johnson, james salter, stacey schiff, and michael wood.; a most remarkable collection of unique copies.. First Soft Cover Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23469
- Title
- Vera's Butterflies: First Editions By Vladimir Nabokov Inscribed to His Wife
- Author
- Sarah Funke, et al
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, as Issued
- Edition
- First Soft Cover Edition
- Publisher
- Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Vladimir Nabokov.; Collecting Nabokov.; Books Inscribed By Valimir Nabokov.
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- Vladimir Nabokov;
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- Fine
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