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NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955. 2 volumes, 8° (176 x 110mm). Original green printed wrappers (clean tear and light chipping to head -and tail of spines, a few light creases).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with printed price 'Francs: 900' on back cover. This controversial novel was rejected by American publishers, but was finally accepted by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris and published in this two-volume edition. Lolita was not published in the U.S. and the U.K. until 1959. Juliar A28.1.1.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with printed price 'Francs: 900' on back cover. This controversial novel was rejected by American publishers, but was finally accepted by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris and published in this two-volume edition. Lolita was not published in the U.S. and the U.K. until 1959. Juliar A28.1.1.