NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Mashenk'a. Roman. [Mary. A Novel.] Berlin: Slovo, 1926. FIRST EDITION OF NABOKOV'S FIRST NOVEL.
8vo (197 x 130 mm). 6pp. advertisements. Original green wrappers, upper cover with label printed in red and black, edges uncut (lacking printed spine label, spine and extremities slightly sunned, some very light chipping to edges); green cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION OF NABOKOV'S FIRST NOVEL, set in Berlin, where Nabokov resided from 1923 to 1937. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy of this work has appered at auction in the last 40 years. Juliar A8.1.
Property from the Vladimir Nabokov Collection of J. Rigbie Turner