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NABOKOV, Vladimir. L'affaire Lolita, Defense de L'Ecrivain.. Olympia Press, PARIS, 1957.

Price: US$97.51 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: TEXT in FRENCH. Number 00790 in a Limited Edition of 5,000, printed on 'VELIN EDITION DES PAPETERIES BELLEGARDE' (1957).This copy has some overall slight grubbiness and wear from handling to wraps, with spine edge having reading creases and wear to either side, very small closed tear at rearside top. Rear hinge becoming separated from spine internally (50%). Pages otherwise securely bound, bright and clean,with no marks or inscriptions. 106pp + 1 blank leaf + 1p having: 'ACHEVE D'IMPRIMER SUR LES PRESSES DE L'IMPRIMERIE MAZARINE. PARIS. EN AVRIL 1957.Depot legal 2e trimestre 1957. + rep.

Seller: FARRAGO, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKS, United Kingdom

NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. L’Affaire Lolita. Olympia Press, Paris, 1957.

Price: US$877.61 + shipping

Description: All the relevant materials about the Lolita censorship affair, including original version of Nabokov’s piece "A Propos de Lolita a ce texte avant la parution de la version originale anglaise". Contains materials by Dupee, Nabokov, Girodias, some sections of the book itself, letters by James Joyce and others on other censorship cases. Bound in yellow with blue label. Numbered edition of 5,000, though exceedingly scarce. Near new condition. This item recently sold to a famed collector in Norway for £950, and this second copy is from the same source (who had two, not a box full!).

Seller: Indexbooks/Peter Gidal, london, United Kingdom