Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression. No dust jacket, else very good.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression. No dust jacket, else very good.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book Club Edition. Identical to the first American edition (which was published in 1958, not 1955, when it was published in Paris) except that the top edges are unstained. Half black cloth, patterned boards. Boards foxed, endpapers a bit yellowed. Jacket states Book Club Edition, price is clipped off by publisher. Jacket edge-worn, wrinkled at head of spine, lightly soiled on spine and edges of covers.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. This is a Near Fine copy of the Fourteenth Impression (stated) of the First American Edition. Cream and gray paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine with gilt titling. Clean text; 319 pages. There are some notes, in both pencil and ink on the last free endpaper; else a Fine copy. Very fresh. Lacking the dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita (FIRST AMERICAN EDITION). G.P. Putman's Sons, 1958.
Price: US$64.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Shelf 1030 Red top stain, red endpapers. 319 pages. Text clean; rough cut edge; paper very lightly browned; front hinge not cracked but a bit loose; very minor spine slant;No DJ. Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1958.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 319 pgs. Green decorated sides, and black cloth spine, with slight whitening bloom there. Internally sound, square, unmarked. Jacket bears $5.00 price and is not clipped, has small chips at head, 1/2" closed tear front panel, yellow ink faded as usual. A nice copy of a slightly later printing (1958) that 1955 first. LCC 58-10755 Very good condition in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1958.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 319 pgs., 8vo. The third printing of Nabokov's most famous novel. Cream patterned paper boards with black backstrip, clear lettering of the title shows nicely there. A minor scrape has been repaired on the cover, and there are a couple tiny pin-spots of dirt also. Inside of the book is clean, without writing or stamps. A relatively early U.S. printing, in nice collectible condition. Trade edition, without a topstain. Very good condition (no dust jacket).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is the first book club edition, which has hybrid features between the first U.S. trade edition and a typical book club edition. A very nice copy, book and dustcover both near fine. The book is identical to the first U.S. trade edition, except that the end papers are white and the top edge is white (not red); notably, there is no blindstamp on the lower posterior aspect of the cloth-covered spine. Patterned paper-covered boards, black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, no additional printings indicated on the copyright page, 319 pp., very near fine. The lower front flap of the dustcover states "Book Club Edition" and is price clipped (yes, there was a price, with the bottom portion of the dollar sign still visable). Besides the "Book Club Edition" at the bottom edge of the front flap, the dustcover is essentially identical to the first trade edition dustcover. The dustcover is quite nice; mild browning and mild edgewear, otherwise clean and bright. (1722RO118)
Seller: Boojum and Snark Books, Kanab, UT, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black 1/4 cloth, ivory and gray decorated paper-covered boards, spine panel lettered in gold and copper foil. First American edition, 1st ptg. (no addt'l ptgs. indicated), $5.00 price on DJ flap. Copyrighted 1955, this edition actually dates to 1958. Minor paper adhesion residue at several points of cloth, both covers foxed on paper toward edges, minor binding lean. Text block edges typically tanned, slight dampstaining to top edge. Flyleaves mildly foxed, former owner's signature stamp to upper front flyleaf. Dust jacket tanned, most prominently along spine panel and flap folds, with dampstaining evident in several places, spine extremities chipped with shallow loss, loss to bottom front panel corner, now in mylar. 319 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 319 Pages. Scarce original hardcover in dust jacket. Contains the afterward written by Nabokov that accompanied the American Edition starting in 1958. No price on dust jacket. Publisher blindstamp (block) on the lower right corner of rear board. Dust jacket a bit scuffed with three very small chips to upper edge. A scarce edition of this classic.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please note descirtpions of condition and printing below. Hardcover in grey and white striped paper over boards with blck quarter cloth with stamped titles in two toneds to spine, in white jacket, 8vo. Book has 1955 copyright as only date indicated (first US is 1958), no printings specified; red-tinted upper edges ad red endpapers (all first points); jacket has 2nd printing stated upper front flap with $5.00 price, no "complete unexpurgated edition" statement (all first points). VG- to VG/Poor. Book has mild toning and faint foxing along edges of paper covered boards with central paper clean with very faint foxing. Light abrasion and surface looss to softened spine ends; binding cloth clean with titles very slightly dulled; mild play aloong backstrip. Corners just barely toed-in with no bumping or damage. Binding strong and square, favors several places throughout. Moderate unoform toning to clean, unmarked pages. Fading spots (not moisture-related) to overall lightly fadedd upper page tinting; several touches of foxing to lower edges. Jacket is well-soiled (quite strongly on spine) with large chips and tears off upper edges, lowwer spine and lower rear edge near spine. Front flap detached, now laid-in. Jacket in Brodart.
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. LOLITA. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Black cloth and striped gray paper boards. 1958 was the first year of publication in the US, and this is a second printing, as stated on the copyright pg. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean and fresh, mild wear to corners, even less to spine ends. Binding tight and text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($5.00). Very clean but with mild toning, a touch more to the spine. Corners and spine ends have some medium chips, there are a couple of small closed tears. In a new Mylar wrapper. Nice copy. Fic. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladmir. Lolita, A Novel: Vladimir Nabokov (Second Printing). G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The dust jacket is in poor condition, tatters actually, it is safely in a Brodart sleeve to preserve what remains, price is unclipped, second printing on flap. Grey and white boards with black cloth spine, corners are rubbed, darkened on edges, soiled all around, spine is worn at head/tail. There is occasional spotting on the interior. 1955 copyright, no mention of printing, 58 loc number. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 319 pgs. Green decorated sides, and black cloth spine, both fresh and clean. Internally sound, square, unmarked. Jacket bears $5.00 price and is not clipped, does not say "Complete and unabridged", has small chips at head of book and tail of spine, and one corner, yellow ink faded as usual. 1/2" jacket tear near front gutter, closed. A nice copy of the second printing in U.S. No printing sequence within book, thus matches 2nd issue, as on jacket. LCC 58-10755 Very good condition in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 319 Clean Pages. Black Cloth Spine, No Additional Printing Indicated, Red Topstain, Red Endpapers, First American Printing. Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks, No Fraying, Spine Gilt And Bronze Still Bright. First State Dj With No Mention Of "Unexpurgated", Price Clipped, Light Chipping At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Corners, Foxing And Browning Particularly At Spine And Flap Folds, Traces Of Internal Tape Removal At Top Of Spine And Top Rear Flap Fold.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir [Vladimirovich]. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the first American edition, with 1955 as the publication date: black cloth-backed gray patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the red endpapers, and red top-stain, in original first issue jacket without the "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" statement on the front pane and with the original price of $5.00 listed on the inside front flap. Light offsetting along gutters of endpapers, stamp size ghost to bottom back pastedown, spine ends gently pushed, faint wear to covers, bottom tip of back corner rubbed, and faint toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild edge wear, toning to spine, and toning/spotting along folds, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
NABOKOV, Vladimir.. Lolita.. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1958], 1958.
Price: US$1208.42 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing, with the publisher's advertisement and a contemporary review by Elizabeth Janeway, both from the 24 August 1958 issue of the New York Times, loosely inserted. Nabokov's masterpiece was first published in Paris in 1955. The present edition marks the first full appearance of Lolita in the US (part of it had been excerpted in the Anchor Review in 1957), where it topped best-seller lists on publication, selling 100,000 copies in the first few weeks. This edition contains some minor textual revisions from the Paris edition and a new afterword, in which Nabokov recounts his difficulties having the book published in America. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey and white patterned paper boards, red endpapers, top edge red, fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge trimmed. With dust jacket. Head of spine lightly bumped, hint of rubbing to boards, half-title browned from inserted pieces, contents otherwise clean; jacket a little rubbed and nicked, unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Nabokov, Vladimir [Vladimirovich]. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1958.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first American edition, with 1955 as the publication date: black cloth-backed gray patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the red endpapers, and red top-stain, in original first issue jacket without the "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" statement on the front panel and with the original price of $5.00 listed on the inside front flap. A light bump to upper back corner, else book in fine condition; original dust jacket with a couple tiny closed tears at spine ends, light creasing to upper back cover and upper back spine fold, light creasing near center of bottom back cover, faint creasing near front spine folds, and faint soiling to front cover, else fine. A lovely copy with minimal flaws!
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.