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Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. First Edition. New York, 1947. Henry Holt, New York, 1947.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original black cloth, some spotting to covers, bookplate crudly removed from front free endpaper. "First Printing" stated on the copyright page.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New York, 1947.
Price: US$41.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Library Edition that is well made and a handsome copy. First printing stated on copyright page. No jacket. Turquoise boards with somewhat abstract design to front and rear boards. White lettering on spine. Bookpocket with San Francisco Library card in pocket. No other library markings. Moderate wear but tight and square. No other markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, NY, 1947.
Price: US$79.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. First printing stated. Cloth is stained to lower board edges, corners worn, slight foxing to block edge, damping to bottom block edge that slighty enters bottom margins. Front hinge cracked. The DJ in mylar is toned, mildly stained, tattered to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: b-516 Previous owner's name, address and date on inside front board. "First Edition" circled in ink.
Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt and Company,, 1947.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: VG- in a VG DJ. The top edge is soiled with water damage, faint damp stain and mild rippling throughout on the top right of each page. Sounds worse than it looks. The DJ is in a mylar, has light wear/rubbing to head and tail of the spine. Not price clipped. Stated first printing.
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New Yotk, 1947.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Square, unmarked very good+ copy, lacking the dustjacket but mylar protected. 'First printing' stated on copyright page.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vladimir Nabokov. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ownership signature of Wally Feurzeig to front pastedown and his brief notes on the list of other Nabokov titles. No other markings. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Jacket is intact except for loss of .5" to top of spine. Darkening to rear panel and rubbing to corners. Please see photos.
Seller: Open Boat Booksellers, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New York. NY, 1947.
Price: US$167.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Holt, 1947. 1st edition, VG/VG. Book has wear & light fraying to spine ends, light wear to corners (small bump on upper front corner), former owner name in red ink on FFE. DJ has wear & chipping to spine ends, lighter wear to corners, darkening & rubbing to rear panel, dulling of colors to front panel & spine. 242 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov. Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New York, 1947.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Jacket (a little browned at edges) with price intact.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New York, 1947.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Black cloth, color illus price-clipped dj, very slight corner wear, minor soil on back face; 242 pp.
Seller: Ragabooks, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Bend Sinister *First Edition, 1st printing*. NY: Henry Holt & Company 1947, 1947.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First printing. Tiny Bookshop label (The Grolier Bookshop, Cambridge) at the very base of the front endpaper, else Very Good or better in similar dustjacket, protected by an archival quality, removeable, transparent, inert jacket protector.Overseas buyers please read shipping terms and estimated transit times prior to ordering.' 'We are established reputable First Edition sellers and understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging'
Seller: Malden Books, Kingston-upon-Thames, SURRE, United Kingdom
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt, New York, 1947.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first American printing, published by Henry Holt in 1947. A near fine example of the book with just a trace of wear to the lower tips. Dust jacket near fine with shallow chip to the head of the spine and another to the top edge of the rear panel.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No dustjacker; Stated "first printing", no stamp etc. ; 8.20 X 5.50 X 0.90 inches; 242 pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Vladimir NABOKOV;. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition in very good dust jacket. NOT price clipped. Original price: 2.75 on flap. Very mild edgewear to jacket. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Faint fading to bottom edge of boards & spine edge top & bottom. Clean interiors. Overall very good, bright, collector's copy that is hard to beat.
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister.. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some light wear to the spine. Bend Sinister was the first novel he wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote. While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, it is, first and foremost, a haunting and compelling narrative about a civilized man caught in the tyranny of a police state. It is first and foremost a compelling narrative about a civilized man and his child caught up in the tyranny of a police state. Professor Adam Krug, the country's foremost philosopher, offers the only hope of resistance to Paduk, dictator and leader of the Party of the Average Man. In a folly of bureaucratic bungling and ineptitude, the government attempts to co-opt Krug's support in order to validate the new regime.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt and Co., 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Publisher: Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1947. FINE hardcover book in FINE- mylar-protected dust-jacket. Not Price-clipped. No previous owner names or markings. The cream colored background on DJ's rear panel shows a tiny bit of soiling, otherwise as new. First Edition, First Printing. Beautiful copy.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. BEND SINISTER. Henry Holt (1947), New York, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Dystopian novel "of a man under the tyrant state." 8vo black cloth, gilt spine lettering. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with light creasing and rubbing and few small chips and tears. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations about the text on rear endpaper and corresponding passages marked in pencil in margins.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$308.58 + shipping
Description: New York, Henry Holt, 1947. 8°. 242 pp. Original block cloth. First edition. The British edition did not appear until 1960. - Fine copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1947.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Description: Very nice copy of his second book written in English. A dystopian novel involving a bad government leader and a Professor. First printing stated on copyright page. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Light crimping at spine ends. Price intact jacket is a nice one. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Bend Sinister.. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Nabokov's first novel written in America. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example. Bend Sinister was the first novel he wrote while living in America and the most overtly political novel he ever wrote. While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, it is, first and foremost, a haunting and compelling narrative about a civilized man caught in the tyranny of a police state. It is first and foremost a compelling narrative about a civilized man and his child caught up in the tyranny of a police state. Professor Adam Krug, the country's foremost philosopher, offers the only hope of resistance to Paduk, dictator and leader of the Party of the Average Man. In a folly of bureaucratic bungling and ineptitude, the government attempts to co-opt Krug's support in order to validate the new regime.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. BEND SINISTER. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this dystopian novel and Nabokov's second in English. 8vo. 242 pp. A fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine or better pictorial dustwrapper with just a hint of use. An extremely nice example.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada