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Vladimir Nabokov. DESPAIR. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This copy is in quite nice condition; tight and clean with owner's name; black boards are clean with minimal wear; dust jacket has a moderate amount of edge dings and chips; white portions show some age related soiling.
Seller: Dick's Book Barn, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Presumed First edition, first printing (no information to the contrary) although "A somewhat briefer version of this novel originally appeared in Playboy." Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight but some fading of the title on the spine, no DJ but no indications of previous ownership.
Seller: FSS Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing
Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A clean copy of the First Edition in a mildly dusty jacket. The second state jacket with the title in black on the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$34.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American edition, first printing, 1966. First thus. With original clipped jacket. Correct first issue jacket with Despair in purple to front inner flap. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, few tears, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), few marks, patchy browning (including to spine), creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, mild foxing/little dustiness to reverse (white side), pushing/bumping to corners and is in only fair condition. Boards are good with patchy fading, few small marks, little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges, a little foxing and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages dyed light purple are slightly dusty with the odd small mark/spot of foxing. Rough cut page edges and bottoms. Pages little tanned. Neat gift inscription and date in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/mild foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Vladimir Nabokov. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. NY, 1966.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NYC: Putnam's, 1966. 1st edition, (2nd state DJ, title in black letters on upper front flap), NF/VG. Book has some wear to spine ends. DJ has light wear to spine ends & corners, closed tears on front panel, a small ding on upper rear panel near gutter. Nice copy, 222 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair [Hardcover] Nabokov, Vladimir. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1966 Putnam hard cover - no dust jacket - text faded at spine - minor staining to cover - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Good hardcover in Good dust jacket. Ex-library copy with bookplate on ffep, call number on spine panel of jacket, card pocket, otherwise in pretty nice shape. Clean pages. Jacket has light shelf wear, no chipping. Front flap trimmed. Most of original price intact. A very affordable 1st. Ships fast!
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich. Despair; a novel. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 222 p. 22 cm. Translation of Otchayanie.1st issue jacket with "Despair" in purple on front flap of jacket. Book is in very good condition, jacket has tears & edge wear and is only in good-, not price clipped $5.00 cover price.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket price-clipped with short closed tear to top rear jacket spine, else very good indeed.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket price-clipped with short closed tear to top rear jacket spine, else very good indeed.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1966). 8vo. 1st edition, 1st issue dust jacket. Slight bumping to spine ends. Some minor soiling to boards. Light toning, rubbing, and minor edgewear to dust jacket. VG/VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight discoloration to top page edges. Light rubbing to jacket. 1st issue jacket with "Despair" in purple on front flap of jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir.. Despair.. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition, First Printing. A Fine copy in black cloth, in a Near Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with one strip of creasing to top front panel. Written originally in Russian, and published first in 1934, this novel was translated by VN in 1936 and published in England in 1937; the present edition was extensively revised by him for this later edition. 222pp. Q15548
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($5.00). First US Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NY, 1966.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: General wear: small bookplate, foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1966 EDITION: 222
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair: A Novel. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and author's initials embossed onto front cover; pink topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-222,[2]pp. Mild forward lean, gilt titling a little rubbed, with light wear to extremities, and a few faint scuffs and tiny stains to covers; top-stain somewhat faded; generic bookplate to front endpaper, else contents clean; Very Good. In Juliar's variant B dustjacket (no priority), with the title printed in black at upper front flap; price intact but lower corner of front flap clipped; light rubbing with a bit of soil to extremities, Very Good. Nabokov's seventh novel, first published in English by John Long in 1937. Basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1978 film of the same name, starring Dirk Bogarde. JULIAR A15.3.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a Near Fine second-issue jacket, unclipped ($5.00), lightly toned and soiled. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, former owner's name inside the rear board, clean otherwise. Nabokov's novel that tells "the sardonic story of a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder."
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: 222pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth. Very good. The edges of the covers are very slightly faded. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are lightly creased and chipped, and have several short closed tears. "Despair's protagonist, Hermann, is another masterly portrait in the fascinating gallery of living characters Vladimir Nabokov has given to world literature."- Front Jacket. A somewhat briefer version of this novel originally appeared in Playboy.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition in Second issue Dust Jacket. Sardonic novel about a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder. Fiction, Novel
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing in black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Purple endpapers. Signature of f/o on front endpaper. Originally written in Russian in 1937 but revised here for its first American edition with a forword by author. One of hs best novels. Price clipped jacket has nice color with no fading but has some soiling to front panel top and some tape repair to verso of jacket along top. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966, 1966.
Price: US$90.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. 8vo Hardcover. 222pp. Very Good book and Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (russian literature, novel, fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. Putnam's, New York, 1966.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dw has 1"closed tear at top, signs of typical fading,222p, a nice solid copy of this scarce item
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Speak, Memory. G. P. Putnam Sons, 1966.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Speak, Memory is an autobiographical memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. This is Nabokov's revised and extended edition which appeared in 1966.With eighteen illustrations, and an eight-page Foreword by the author. Essays and insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Defense. 316 pp. black cloth faded spine map endpapers showing NABOKOV lands in St. Petersburg area Russia.
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 222pp. Minute nicks on cover from age, otherwise Near Fine.
Seller: Books Anonymous, Hudson, NY, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. About fine in very good or better first issue dustwrapper with spine sunning and a a few tiny nicks and tears, otherwise a handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. About fine in near fine first issue dustwrapper with a bit of wrinkling. A handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV. DESPAIR By VLADIMIR NABOKOV 1966. G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NY, 1966.
Price: US$129.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: TITLE: DESPAIR By VLADIMIR NABOKOV 1966 AUTHOR: VLADIMIR NABOKOV PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1966 EDITION: First Edition assumed, but there are two dates on the copyright page (1965 & 1966) CATEGORY: Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Black CONDITION: The jacket has some chipping and splitting along the top edges and spine area. There is a split to the jacket along the back lower corner edge. There is a private book label on the inside of the front board. There is a name written in ink on the top of the front endpaper. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 222 pages. Fair+/Poor+ dust jacket condition. SIMILAR COPIES ARE SELLING IN THE $200+ RANGE ON THE INTERNET!!! BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition assumed, but there are two dates on the copyright page (1965 & 1966). G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1966. Fair+/Poor+ dust jacket condition. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, books will ship immediately without email notification to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCode 89 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 005154
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Gilt lettering on the spine a little dull else near fine in a very good, first issue dustwrapper with a little age-toning and some foxing on the flap folds and spine. Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay for the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film version with Dirk Bogarde. An attractive copy, not usually found in the correct jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. New York G.P. Putnam's Son 1966, 1966.
Price: US$131.52 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: revised edition. 222pp. Octavo with black cloth boards. Blindstamped decoration on front and gilt lettering on spine. Purple endpapers. Dust jacket has wear to edges and a couple small chips and closed tears at spine. One closed tear at back. A couple very small stains at top of text block that do not affect interior. Price clipped. fine Nabokov's 7th novel. The story follows Hermann Karlovich who, after meeting with tramp in Prague, becomes convinced the man is his doppleganger.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Vladimir Nabokov. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket; Book in Fine Condition, DJ in Very Good Condition. Black Cloth with gilt on spine; Top end in purple. Top spine edge slightly bumped. Pages clean and bright, binding tight. DJ has edge wear at top spine edge of jacket. Corners bumped. 1/8" tear at upper rear edge near inside flap crease. Slight rubbing to front of jacket. Original price of $5.00 remains unclipped.
Seller: Pickwick Bookshop, Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. Fine in fine first issue dustwrapper with slightest toning. A handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Light sunning to purple dye on top page edges. Dustjacket has tanning to spine with chipping at top, line of scuffing down center of spine with very minor chipping at bottom. Small 1/4" long piece missing at top of rear panel with two closed tears near outer corner. Piece missing from bottom outside corner of front panel. Soiling to front panel with closed tear up from bottom 1". Not price clipped.
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Small faint owner's stamp on front fly, else fine in dust jacket with a very small internal repair, else fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine, in slightly toned, first issue dust jacket, with "Despair" in purple on front flap
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. DESPAIR. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$201.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 222 pages. Pages clean, good condition. Previous owner's name stamp top of half title page and top of ffep. Mauve endpapers. Pink top edges. Black cloth, gilt title on spine. Embossed black VN initials on upper cover. Head of spine and top edges very lightly faded. White dust jacket is price clipped. and has mauve and black title. Edges very lightly worn. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G. P. Putnam's Sons [1966], New York, 1966.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [6], 7-222, [2] pp. Bound in black cloth with author's initials in blind in an oval on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; lavender topstain. Lavender endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 002d. Our copy's jacket with the front flap printed in black. A sharp copy of one of Nabokov's best novels. A name on the free front endpaper; jacket with a small wrinkle to its rear flap.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited.. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First revised edition of Nabokov's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional example. Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov's life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Defense.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Excellent rare printing by the famed author of Lolita. Great quality for age and rarity. Very little shelf wear. Jacket is in good condition. A rare gem great for any collector. Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 65-20683
Seller: Boston Book World, Swampscott, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Despair.. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of this inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann, a man who undertakes the perfect crime--his own murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. A very sharp example. Despair is the seventh novel by Vladimir Nabokov, originally published in Russian, serially in the politicized literary journal Sovremennye zapiski during 1934. It was then published as a book in 1936, and translated to English by the author in 1937. It is generally acclaimed as one of Nabokov's better Russian novels, along with Invitation to a Beheading and The Gift (1938), and has a reasonable volume of literary criticism. Martin Amis ranked it second on his list of best Nabokov novels, with it trailing only Lolita.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.