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NABOKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899-1977, writing as "V. Sirin"). Mashen'ka. [Mary.] Berlin: Slovo, 1926.
The first edition of Nabokov's first novel, a partly autobiographical work set during the peak of the Russian emigration to Berlin. After attending a reading, the critic Yuli Aykhenvald declared Nabokov 'a new Turgenev'. Juliar A8.1.
Octavo (195 x 130mm). Complete with the adverts (light marginal spotting; light marginal soiling). Original green wrappers, label printed in red and black on the upper side, spine label printed in black (spine and extremities faded; shallow creases; short repaired tear near spine foot; light wear to edges). Provenance: contemporary Parisian bookseller (stamps).
The first edition of Nabokov's first novel, a partly autobiographical work set during the peak of the Russian emigration to Berlin. After attending a reading, the critic Yuli Aykhenvald declared Nabokov 'a new Turgenev'. Juliar A8.1.
Octavo (195 x 130mm). Complete with the adverts (light marginal spotting; light marginal soiling). Original green wrappers, label printed in red and black on the upper side, spine label printed in black (spine and extremities faded; shallow creases; short repaired tear near spine foot; light wear to edges). Provenance: contemporary Parisian bookseller (stamps).
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