First UK edition, first impression
NABOKOV, Vladimir.
Lolita.
London, Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1959.
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The first UK edition, first impression of the Russian émigré Vladimir Nabokov's (1899-1977) controversial novel Lolita.
First published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955, the decision by Weidenfield and Nicolson to print the book in 1959 cost the MP Nigel Nicolson, one the company's directors, his political career.
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (20.5 x 14 cm); faint ink date stamp to front free endpaper, small stain to upper margin of p.115; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, slight shelf lean, in the unclipped pale orange dust jacket, extremities chipped and nicked, spine lightly faded with some rubbing to front and rear panels; 319, [1]pp.
First published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955, the decision by Weidenfield and Nicolson to print the book in 1959 cost the MP Nigel Nicolson, one the company's directors, his political career.
First UK edition, first impression; 8vo (20.5 x 14 cm); faint ink date stamp to front free endpaper, small stain to upper margin of p.115; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, slight shelf lean, in the unclipped pale orange dust jacket, extremities chipped and nicked, spine lightly faded with some rubbing to front and rear panels; 319, [1]pp.
Stock code 125606
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Lolita.
Regular price
£350.00
Sale price
£350.00
Regular price
