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Lot 212

Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$3,000 - 5,000
Price Realized
$3,840
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[Literature] Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita


Paris: The Olympia Press, (1955). In two volumes. First edition, first issue (with "Francs : 900", at bottom rear wrapper of each volume). 8vo. 188, (2); 223, (1) pp. Original stiff printed green wrappers, slightly cocked, light wear along extremities and joints, small losses and separation in upper and lower spine of second volume; ownership signature on each half-title; scattered spotting and soiling to text; in quarter red goatskin fall-down-back box.

A handsome copy of Nabokov's controversial classic.

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