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NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.
2 volumes, 8o. Original green printed wrappers (light darkening to spine).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with printed price "Francs: 900" on back cover. SIGNED slip "Sincerely yours, Vladimir Nabokov" tipped in at front free endpaper. 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. (2)
2 volumes, 8o. Original green printed wrappers (light darkening to spine).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with printed price "Francs: 900" on back cover. SIGNED slip "Sincerely yours, Vladimir Nabokov" tipped in at front free endpaper. 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. (2)