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NABOKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899-1977). Otchaianie. [Despair.] Berlin: Petropolis, 1936.
Nabokov's own copy of the first edition, from his personal library in his apartment at the Palace Hotel, Montreux. Nabokov has written the title's translation in English, in pencil, on the front wrapper. A fine, unopened copy. Despair was serialized in Sovremennie Zapiski in 1934. Juliar A15.1.
Octavo (196 x 130mm). Original wrappers, printed in blue and red (French customs stamp on the rear cover). Provenance: Vladimir Nabokov (book label; penciled translation of the title in his hand on the front cover).
Nabokov's own copy of the first edition, from his personal library in his apartment at the Palace Hotel, Montreux. Nabokov has written the title's translation in English, in pencil, on the front wrapper. A fine, unopened copy. Despair was serialized in Sovremennie Zapiski in 1934. Juliar A15.1.
Octavo (196 x 130mm). Original wrappers, printed in blue and red (French customs stamp on the rear cover). Provenance: Vladimir Nabokov (book label; penciled translation of the title in his hand on the front cover).
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