[Nabokov, Vladimir] Nabokoff-Sirin, Vladimir. Despair. John Long, London, 1937.

Price: US$2694.86 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good plus in publisher's black cloth boards, with gilt titles. (Very light spine end and corner wear, fore edge spotted, prelims spotted.) 8vo, 5"x7.5". 288pp plus 24 of publisher's ads. No d/w. Translated from the Russian by the author. A very nice tight copy. Jpegs on request.

Seller: Osterley Bookshop, Isleworth, United Kingdom

NABOKOV, Vladimir (under the name Vladimir Nabokoff-Sirin).. Despair.. John Long, London., 1937.

Price: US$2887.35 + shipping

Description: First English edition. The U.S. edition didn't appear for another 29 years. Translated by the author. Octavo. 287 pages. 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear.Edges faintly spotted. Slightly rubbing to head and tail of spine. Very good. No dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

[Nabokov] Nabokoff-Sirin, Vladimir. Despair. John Long Limited, London, 1937.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First English edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities, lightly frayed at spine ends. Pages toned, foxed at preliminary pages and textblock edge. After Nabokov's disappointment with the translation of his Camera Obscura into English, he took it upon himself to translate his next novel, Despair, which greatly lead to him becoming an English-language writer. The first American edition would not be published until 1966.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.