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Véra's Butterflies: First Editions by Vladimir Nabokov Inscribed to his Wife
by FUNKE, Sarah
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0965402010
- ISBN 13
- 9780965402019
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Glenn Horowitz Booksellers, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Includes introduction and commentary by Kurt Johnson, Brian Boyd, Stacy Schiff, Stephen Jay Gould, James Salter, and Michael Wood, with unpublished excerpts from *Lolita: A Screenplay by Vladimir Nabokov. Octavo. 267, [5]pp. Illustrated, color plates. Slightly sunned spine, binding a bit cocked, else near fine. Price sheet and bifoliate leaflet, "Verochka Verochka: Amusing the Muse" by Dmitri Nabokov laid in. Bookseller's extensive catalogue of items from the Nabokov family library. One of 1500 wrappered copies (there were 500 hardbound) designed by Jerry Kelly and printed at the Stinehour Press.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 544836
- Title
- Véra's Butterflies: First Editions by Vladimir Nabokov Inscribed to his Wife
- Author
- FUNKE, Sarah
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0965402010
- ISBN 13
- 9780965402019
- Publisher
- Glenn Horowitz Booksellers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- RussianLiterature, AmerLit20thCent, BookCollecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Collecting;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Sunned
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- Cocked
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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