{"product_id":"nabokov-invitation-beheading-first-english-1959-119013","title":"Invitation to a Beheading.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst English edition of Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov. 'With the Compliments of the Author' card loosely inserted. This copy was owned by his final editor, Morris Bishop, a friend of Nabokov and also the chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Cornell. Bishop is credited with aiding Nabokov in getting a job at Cornell, which was key in supporting him as he wrote his most well-known works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author, it is the first of his Russian-language novels to appear in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst English edition; 8vo; ex libris of Nabokov's editor Morris Bishop to front pastedown, compliment slip loosely inserted; original quarter red cloth, patterned boards, dust jacket, minor wear to extremities, minor toning to dustjacket; 223pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"NABOKOV, Vladimir.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55628765397367,"sku":"119013","price":575.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/119013_132bcad6-1f93-4d26-a167-efe46a3ca99a.jpg?v=1780071905","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/nabokov-invitation-beheading-first-english-1959-119013","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}