NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Stikhotvoreniia 1929-1951. [Poems 1929-1951.] Paris: Rifma, 1952. 12mo (161 x 121 mm). Original battleship gray wrappers printed in red and black, top edge unopened. FIRST EDITION of this collection of 15 poems, which "were composed in Germany, France, and America between 1929 and 1951. The first of them concludes the period of my youthful art" (author's note, translated from the Russian by Juliar). Nine of the fifteen poems originally appeared under pseudonyms ("V. Sirin" or "Vasilii Shishkov"). RARE on the market at auction. Juliar 25.1.