NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). A group of 48 FIRST EDITIONS by and about Nabokov, including:
Nikolai Gogol. Norfolk, CT: New Directions Books, 1944. -- Bend Sinister. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947. -- Conclusive Evidence. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. -- Invitation to a Beheading. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. -- Pale Fire. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. -- The Defense. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. -- The Eye. New York: Phaedra Publishers, Inc., 1965. -- Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. -- King, Queen, Knave. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. -- Mary. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. -- Glory. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. -- A Russian Beauty and Other Stories. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973. -- Strong Opinions. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1973. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. -- Lolita: A Screenplay. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. -- Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. -- Details of a Sunset and Other Stories. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. -- The Man from the USSR and Other Plays. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. -- BOYD, Brian. Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. -- KARLINSKY, Simon (ed.). The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940-1971. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. -- SCHIFF, Stacy. Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov). New York: Random House, 1999.
And 28 others. Together, 48 works in 52 volumes, all 8vo and in original cloth with dust jackets. Condition generally very fine.
This lot is located in Chicago.
