Despair
London: John Long Limited, 1937.
First English edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities, lightly frayed at spine ends. Pages toned, foxed at preliminary pages and textblock edge. After Nabokov's disappointment with the translation of his Camera Obscura into English, he took it upon himself to translate his next novel, Despair, which greatly lead to him becoming an English-language writer. The first American edition would not be published until 1966. Item #140941157
Price: $4,500.00
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