Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita (Vintage International). G P Putnam March 1955, 1955.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$15.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover is in good condition with discolouring around the edges. Normal shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.
Seller: Rebound Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Description: Inventory = B ; 319 pages. 545 grams >> " "Lolita" immediately became a cause clbre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth century's novels of record not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness. Awe and exhilaration-along with heartbreak and mordant wit-abound in this account of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America, but most of all, it is a meditation on love-love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation." >>DUSTJACKET = Lacking DJ; .BOOK = Cup stain to front cover; staining to backcover; wear to cover edges; pen to front end page Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Wear to boards, corner's bumped, tears along spine edges. Text very good. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ligh wea, stinsar to boards. Text very good. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita (Vintage International). G P Putnam March 1955, 1955.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tight clean unmarked, NO age toning!, NO dust jacket, no slant, lettering on spine vivid, small light stain on front board, Stated Sixteenth Impression, Very Good/No Dust Jacket.
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Boards with heavy wear and toning; spine with short tear; pages dusty with light age toning. Stated 10th printing.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's, New York, 1955.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Third Impression. Board chipped front edge. Boards soiled. Tanning.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: Inventory = B ; 319 pages. 545 grams >> " "Lolita" immediately became a cause clbre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth century's novels of record not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness. Awe and exhilaration-along with heartbreak and mordant wit-abound in this account of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America, but most of all, it is a meditation on love-love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation." >>DUSTJACKET = Creasing; 1'2" x 2" piece missing from top at spine.BOOK = Cover scuffing; corner wear to covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Large octavo in pale paper backed boards and black cloth spine; 319 pages ; 23 cm. "When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause celebre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth century's novels of record not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty and tenderness. Awe and exhilaration -- along with heartbreak and mordant wit -- abound in this account of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America, but most of all, it is a meditation on love -- love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation."-Publishers. / Forward and afterward by Vladimir Nabokov Girls -- Fiction. Russian fiction -- 20th century. Hommes d'âge moyen -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Roman russe -- 20e siècle. Russian fiction Girls Middle-aged men unreliable narrator. Named Person: Lolita (Fictitious character), 1935-1952 -- Fiction. Lolita (Fictitious character), 1935-1952 Love fiction. Romance fiction Erotic fiction Fiction Novels Erotic fiction. Love stories. Romance fiction. Erotic fiction. Novels. Romans. Time: 1900-1999. Rather worn copy lacking front free endpaper (neatly removed). Fair to Fair(-) but binding is tight, leaves clean. Slight must.
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Copyright 1955. 319 pages. Fourth impression. No DJ. Quarter bound with black cloth over spine. Striped paper over boards. Gold lettering on spine. Deckle edges. Some water damage to covers and top of textblock. Corners slightly bumped. Toning to pages. Water damage has caused colors to fade and bleed on covers. Some slight waviness to tops of pages. Some soiling to back cover and spine. Light brown stains across back cover. Head and foot of spine show some wear and are slightly bumped. Previous owner's name and address on title page. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Overall, a good reading copy.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. LOLITA. Putnam, New York, 1955.
Price: US$31.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 319pp. 10th impression. Boards a little discoloured. Fair dustwrapper, torn in places with loss, price-clipped. Internally very clean.
Seller: Left On The Shelf (PBFA), Kendal, United Kingdom
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G P Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$44.52 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Mild wear to jacket, with large chips at spine ends. .Light tanning and marks to jacket. Minor shelf wear to board edges and spine ends. Light tanning to page edges.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955 G P Putnam's Sons, first Book Club Edition, hardcover without dust jacket, gray and white paper covered boards with black cloth spine, spine faded, top edge and endpapers white, Afterward by Nabokov in rear of book dated November 12, 1956, 319 pages
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G.P. Putnam, 1955.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A seventh printing of the first edition. In cloth and paper boards, some wear at board edges, minor bumps to corners, crown and foot of spine. Binding is skewed. Jacket is wrapped in a plastic mylar sleeve, showing some chips at edges. Owner's name at front free endpaper, some toning to half title and copyright pages from newspaper clipping tucked in pages.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fifth Impression. Boards soiled. Piece of jacket stuck to spine. Tanning. Owner name ffep. Pages clean. Binding good.
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, New York, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A basic used copy. Just minor chipping to jacket and a couple of short tears. There is mottling/foxing to jacket, particularly the spine. Stated tenth impression on copyright page, states tenth printing on front jacket flap, and shows a price of $5.00.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. LOLITA. Putnam, NEW YORK, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 9th printing. Sturdy and clean, lightly sunned to spine, and covered in a facsimile of a gently worn jacket.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam; (1955), NY, 1955.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, or possibly an early printing. very good with no dust jacket. Patterned boards with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering. The boards are a little soiled, and there is a single name in red pencil on the front endpaper. Both the endpapers and the top edge of the page block are white/unstained; there is no statement of printing on the copyright page. No embossed dot on rear cover that would usually denote a book club edition. A tight, square copy of this classic novel.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons (1958), New York, 1955.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 319 Clean Pages. Copyright 1955 (But Actually This Edition Was First Published 1958 In The Us), No Indication Of Printing. Black Cloth, Grey Boards, First Issue With Red Stain, White Endpapers. No Names Or Marks, Lightly Used With No Fraying, Spine Gilt Fairly Bright, Light Foxing To Covers; The Text Columns On The Flaps Of The Book, And The Author's Photo, Have Been Pasted To Verso Of Rear Free Endpaper.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. LOLITA. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 319pp. No date on title page. No printing indicated on copywrite page. Neat ink name in front. Dust jacket says "Second Printing" with $5.00 price, worn with 2" piece missing at bottom of spine & substantial chipping at top of spine, & wear to flap folds. Book very good. Top edge red. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita by Nabokov, Vladimir. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7th impression. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 319 p., 22 cm. "Lolita tells the story of aging Hubert Humbert who has an obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet, Dolores Haze. It is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. All in all, Lolita is filled with awe and exhilaration, along with heartbreak and mordant wit."
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita, A Novel. G.P. Putnam's, NY, 1955.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 319 pgs., VG book, which has front price clip on jkt. A later (17th) printing of this best-seller Nice hardcover copy, in mylar wrapper, book is clean internaly, has a ptice-clip on front flap
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita [Hardcover] Vladimir Nabokov. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 Putnam hard cover - 1st edition 8th printing - no dust jacket - some staining on cover - slight spotting to top page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita [Hardcover] Nabokov, Vladimir. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: original 1955 Putnam hard cover - 1st edition 3rd printing - no dust jacket - binding out of square - minor staining to cover and closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$97.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original quarter black gilt cloth with light gray and white stripped paper covered boards, red topstain, and single date on copyright page, with no blindstamp on rear cover. Nabokov's groundbreaking novel of a professor';s infatuation with a nympeth. Minor discoloration to 2"x4" area of rear cover next to black cloth not extending inward or to cloth and not affecting quality of board. Jacket is from an early printing in the same design and year of publication, and has the $5.oo flap price intact. Archival Mylar cover included.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons (1958), New York, 1955.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 319 Clean Pages. Copyright 1955 (But Actually This Edition Was First Published 1958 In The Us, And A 1957 Review Is Cited On The Ear Flap), Twelfth Printing Indicated. Black Cloth, Grey Boards, With Red Top Stain, Red Endpapers. No Names Or Marks Except A 25 C Price, Lightly Used With No Fraying, Spine Gilt Fairly Bright. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00, Fifth Printing Stated, Considerable Wear, Chipping At Edges.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, NY, 1955.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. DJ flap states 15th printing, under address sticker. Light staining, edgewear and foxing. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is rubbed, dampstained to rear panel, small tear to heel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, New York, 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Copyright 1955 by Vladimir Nabokov, with no printings/impressions listed, on the copyright page; top page edges tinted red; red endpapers. A former owner bookplate on the front endpaper; a Free Library stamp at the bottom of two pages and on the inside back board; spine slant; a tear at one corner; boards fairly clean but spine is soiled and has rippling and a puncture hole to the cloth at the bottom two inches. Lacking the dust jacket; Mylar protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Moderately soiled copy. Worn corners and spine ends. Interior has light pencil underlining. Many pages have folded corners from previous reader. Previous owner's name on FFEP. A decent reading copy. 319 pages.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G.P. Putnams Sons; New York, 1955. Hardcover. Third Printing. A Good Only, tan and black binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunning along board edges, some age spotting to boards and spine, white soiled spots top black buckram, bumped board corners, few small dings and dents to board edges, deckle fore-edge, discoloration and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, some scattered foxing to text block edges, bit of biblichor, small abrasions to board corners, wear/crease bottom page corners, in a Good Only, moderate handling/scuff marks to sunned panels, edge/corner wear, several large tears to panels and spine, small open tear mid front panel near spine, moisture stains to spine and verso, bit of scattered foxing to flaps and verso panels/flaps, sunned spine, Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 319pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good overall condition. General light wear to cover and pages. No major blemishes. No writing. Foxing (light) to the exterior edge of pages only. Personal plate on one of the first non-text pages. ; 0 pages 1st Edition (Unstated); Nineteenth Printing.
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 319pp. This Edition of Lolita is Published by Special Arrangement with The Olympia Press. Grey patterned hardcover with black spine cloth and gilt spine title. Minor edge-wear, pages slightly yellowed, 1/8 inch scuff partway up the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BC
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing. Seconde impression. 319 pages. Light horizontal mark on the endpaper. Price-clipped. Some closed and open tearsto the edges of the jacket. Book in very good condition. Jacket in good/Fair condition. Size: 22,1 Cm
Seller: abibliodocs, Montréal, QC, Canada
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. Putnam December 1955, 1955.
Price: US$120.60 + shipping
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket. book is shelfworn and corners a bit bumped. covers may be a bit scuffed and outer edge of page block somewhat dusty/discolored with age. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. there are no marks to the text.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. Putnam's, 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Putnam 1955 first American edition hardcover. Eleventh impression. Lacks dust jacket. Cover clean and square, showing minor wear. Pages clean. Binding tight.
Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita, A Novel. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$132.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nabokov, Vladimir., G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1955, 2nd printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), vg+ with vg- dj (chipped, light wear & soil, minor edge tears, in brand-new mylar), 319 pp, 8vo, 'It is often said and rarely true that a particular novel defies classification or even description', First issue jacket without the 'Complete Unexpurgated Edition' printed on the front panel, flap states 'second printing' and original price of $5.00 is intact. A true classic; a nice 2nd printing copy
Seller: Gene Sperry Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, 1955.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing as stated on inside flap. Grey boards in pictorial wraps. Some fading at top of spine; dw has several chips and signs of wear.
Seller: Now and Again, albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. LOLITA. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$154.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. NY, 1955.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NYC: Putnam's, 1955. 1st USA edition, VG+/G+. Book has some wear to spine ens, darkening to upper edges and fore edges. DJ has wear & chipping to spine ends & corners, wear to folds, wear along upper edges with a chip, some wrinkling & closed tears, scattered wear & rubbing to upper areas of both panels. The classic. 319 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita: A Novel. Complete and Unabridged. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$192.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition, First Printing.Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/gold spine titles, red topstain. Near Fine book in About Fine DJ, now in clear protective cover. Stamps on vertical page edge and top and bottom edge, else Fine and unmarked; jacket clipped and wrinkled at bottom. 319pp.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing which was published in 1958 despite the 1955 date on copyright page, no mention of a later printing and no "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" stated on jacket confirms this copy as the first printing, the boards show mild tanning near the edges, the red top page-edge has several small faded areas, the front hinge has a slight amount of play and there is a moderate spine-lean, the binding is clean, the gold spine-title remains bright, and the contents are fine, the jacket has substantial loss at the edges and spine, the original price (5.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$198.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
NABOKOV VLADIMIR. LOLITA. G.P PUTNAM, NY, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SOLID AND BRIGHT BOOK IS BOUND IN BLACK WITH WHITE BOARDS FEATURING ALTERNATING GRAY STRIPES LETTERING ON SPINE IS GOLD AND COMPLETE PUBLISHER'S NAME IN COPPER ON SPINE TOP OF TEXTBLOCK DYED RED RED ENDPAPERS COPYRIGHT PAGE STATES 1955 WITH NO OTHER PRINTINGS MENTIONED APPARENTLY PUBLICATION WAS HELD UP UNTIL 1958 AS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NUMBER IS 58- 10755 AND THE LAST CHAPTER IS CALLED " ON A BOOK ENTITLED LOLITA " BY NABOKOV AND THAT IS DATED NOVEMBER 12 1956 TEXTBLOCK IS NEAR FINE SOME BUMPING TO TIPS COVER HAS AREAS OF SOILING AND SOME VERY FAINT BROWNING AROUND THE EDGES LIGHT WEAR AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE FOREDGE IS UNCUT AREA OF DISCOLORATION ON FRONT BLACK BINDING PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita [Hardcover] Nabokov, Vladimir. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 Putnam hard cover - 1st edition 2nd printing - no dust jacket - some staining to cover and closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, 1955.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Putnam, New York, 1955. VERY GOOD hardcover book in VERY GOOD mylar-protected dust-jacket. Large chip at head of DJ's spine. Closed tears on DJ's rear panel. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Wear at DJ's tips. 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.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G. P. Putnams Sons, 1955.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing (no additional printings indicated). Clean interior, slight slant to binding. A bit of foxing to edges of boards and slight bump to upper corners. Dustjacket also has a bit of foxing and has a very short closed tear and red of Nabokov on spine faded now in protective mylar cover.
Seller: Trip Taylor Bookseller, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. LOLITA [first American edition, no dustjacket]. G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1955.
Price: US$224.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8.75 x 6", cloth-backed patterned boards; red top stain, 319pp, covers rubbed and darkened, spine worn and a bit cocked, spine ends bumped, extremities a bit worn, textblock edges a bit soiled and toned, old paperclip indent and rust stains of ffep and front blank; still a FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (NAP). Sorry, no dustjacket.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita [1st American Printing]. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Top edge stained red with bright red end papers, and sharp spine gilt. About NEAR FINE (no names, bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind, etc.). Chipping to bottom of spine, and small closed tear on back panel of otherwise VERY GOOD 1st issue dust jacket with the $5.00 price intact. A Very nice copy of a scarce collectible book.
Seller: Agathon Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No additional printings. First state dust jacket without "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" to front cover. 6 x 8 3/4 Book; binding sound with moderate rubbing and small material loss to top spine, boards have minor bow to rear with tape residue to top and bottom each board; text with red top stain and red end papers has several pages with mild soiling and creases to top corners, paste downs have thin lengthy tape residue with book store stamp to front paste down and free end page, date and two line inscription in ink pen to front free end page with thin lengthy toning band to half title page and second to last page. Dust jacket ($5.00) has mild soiling to mostly bottom spine with small paper loss to bottom spine, mild waviness to bottom covers with tape remnants along flap edges, 1/4" closed tear to top front flap. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1955.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 319 pages, 8vo. Missing dust-jacket. First Impression, with no later impressions stated on copyright page. White and light grey cloth boards with black cloth spine, gilt and bronze lettering along spine. Top page edge stained red. Shelfwear: light scuffing and tanning along edges and spine, light tanning along page edges. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York, 1955.
Price: US$324.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid copy of first printing. Unmarked but for small bookstore sticker on front pastedown (Vromans) which is a well known landmark store in Pasadena. Only serious flaw is that the black area of spine is pretty badly faded. Small stain on front board near spine. Light wear to top right side of front panel. Tight and square. Text clean and fresh. Red endpapers. Red topstain lightly sunned. Professional facsimile jacket is bright, fresh and protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, 1955.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American printing ( no mention of any other printing) in better than usual condition. Patterned cloth is not yellowed, red endpapers are clean and fresh as is red topstain. Some light wear to the spine and a couple of small marks. A very good book. Jacket states second printing and has a worn spine including areas of loss along spine crease, otherwise, about very good minus.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York, 1955.
Price: US$351.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Solid copy of first printing. Unmarked but for vintage bookplate on front pastedown (under front flap) and faint ownership statement by former owner. Tight and square. Red endpapers bright. Red topstain lightly sunned. Professional facsimile jacket is bright, fresh and protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A clean Fine copy of the First US Edition in a Very Good 1st state jacket with a $5.00 price and no 'Second Printing' statement. Top edge red. Red end papers. Short tear, long mild crease to the front panel of the jacket. An attractive example of the First hardcover edition.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, New York, 1955.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Good jacket, priced ($5.00) but clipped at the bottom edge, generally rubbed and lightly soiled, creases throughout, some tidemarks on the verso. Quarter black buckram with zebra striped boards with some toning. Square and firmly bound, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Nabokov's classic and controversial tale about Humbert Humbert's kidnap and rape of Dolores Haze, adapted into the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir.. LOLITA:. PUTNAM, 1955.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET with 1 inch of spine missing Price on dj $5.00 first issue ue first printing of the first American English-language edition of the classic and controversial nove, which also is the first hardcover edition, in the first issue jacket (with $5 price and NO "second printing" statement on flap).
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's, New York, 1955.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 319 pp., First printing of the first American edition with first issue dust jacket (does not state "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" and priced at $5.00); top edge stained red, red endpapers. Some overall soiling to dust jacket with a few small edge chips at the top & bottom of the spine; red lettering ( Nabokov) on spine of dust jacket faded. Very good copy in very good dust jacket
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Discoloration and wear on dust jacket and book edges. Hardcover corners bumped.
Seller: Windfall Books, Stuyvesant, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing in first-state dust jacket. Near-fine with one bumped corner and slight rubbing to red topstain, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) with faint creasing to lower spine and some fading to red "Nabokov" on spine. A beautiful copy of this 20th century high spot.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition and first trade edition of Nabokov's masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Photograph of Nabokov by Maclean Dameron. A very sharp example. One of the most celebrated books in history, Nabokov's Lolita quickly attained classic status upon publication in 1955. Notable for its controversial subject, the novel was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne in addition to several adaptations for stage. "Lolita blazes with a perversity of a most original kind. For Mr. Nabokov has distilled from his shocking material hundred-proof intellectual farce. Lolita seems an assertion of the power of the comic spirit to wrest delight and truth from the most outlandish materials. It is one of the funniest serious novels I have ever read; and the vision of its abominable hero, who never deludes or excuses himself, brings into grotesque relief the cant, the vulgarity, and the hypocritical conventions that pervade the human comedy" (Atlantic Monthly).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Putnam, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition and first trade edition of Nabokov's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Photograph of Nabokov by Maclean Dameron. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of the most celebrated books in history, Nabokov's Lolita quickly attained classic status upon publication in 1955. Notable for its controversial subject, the novel was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne in addition to several adaptations for stage. "Lolita blazes with a perversity of a most original kind. For Mr. Nabokov has distilled from his shocking material hundred-proof intellectual farce. Lolita seems an assertion of the power of the comic spirit to wrest delight and truth from the most outlandish materials. It is one of the funniest serious novels I have ever read; and the vision of its abominable hero, who never deludes or excuses himself, brings into grotesque relief the cant, the vulgarity, and the hypocritical conventions that pervade the human comedy" (Atlantic Monthly).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition and first trade edition of Nabokov's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. One of the most celebrated books in history, Nabokov's Lolita quickly attained classic status upon publication in 1955. Notable for its controversial subject, the novel was adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1962, and again in 1997 by Adrian Lyne in addition to several adaptations for stage. "Lolita blazes with a perversity of a most original kind. For Mr. Nabokov has distilled from his shocking material hundred-proof intellectual farce. Lolita seems an assertion of the power of the comic spirit to wrest delight and truth from the most outlandish materials. It is one of the funniest serious novels I have ever read; and the vision of its abominable hero, who never deludes or excuses himself, brings into grotesque relief the cant, the vulgarity, and the hypocritical conventions that pervade the human comedy" (Atlantic Monthly).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: G.P. Putanm's Sons, New York c. 1955. First American Edition. Remarkably uncommon in the correct (unclipped) dust jacket and the true trade first edition (not the book club). Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Original price of $5.00 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. A small closed tear on the front panel, near the spine hinge. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita. Putnam, 1955.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First USA Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine first state unclipped dust jacket. The jacket has a touch of wear to the edge and light toning to the spine panel. The book has bookseller pencil markings to the front flyleaf and softening to the upper spine edge. Uncommon is this condition.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. The Olympia Press (S.I.P. Montreuil),, 1955.
Price: US$3840.71 + shipping
Description: Paris, The Olympia Press (S.I.P. Montreuil), 1955 (August), Edizione originale nellemissione riprezzata. Esemplari con etichetta di «New Price | Francs 1.200 per volume | The Olympia Press» a coprire loriginario «900 Francs»; etichetta sovrastata dalla nota a matita «I/II Frs. 2400»; i due volumi si presentano freschissimi e puliti, dritti e squadrati, con i dorsi appena bruniti e leggermente segnati lungo i fascicoli, minime e quasi impercettibili spellature agli spigoli delle cerniere, una nota come di segnatura di biblioteca in inchiostro blu al margine basso interno della prima carta di ciascun volume. Il capolavoro di Nabokov era già finito nei primi anni cinquanta ma fu respinto da più editori americani, preoccupati dal contenuto potenzialmente scandaloso del libro. Lautore si rivolse quindi alla casa editrice Olympia di Parigi, che pubblicava in prevalenza libri di stampo erotico (Andrew Field, biografo di Nabokov, sottolinea ironicamente come «Lolita» sia stato probabilmente «the most chaste book ever printed by Olympia»). La casa editrice parigina accettò, e ad agosto il libro era pronto, in «probably 5000 copies» (Juliar). Inizialmente accolto con freddezza, il libro divenne un caso letterario grazie a Graham Greene, che sul numero di Natale del «Sunday Times» nello stesso 1955 lo elencò tra i tre migliori libri usciti nel corso dellanno. «As notoriety and sales increased through 1956, Maurice Girodias, Olympia Press publisher, smelling the extra francs, bumped the price for the two volumes from 900 francs up to 2400 francs, with a repricing done in various ways: a printed rectangular sticker on the back of one or both volumes [.] a round sticker [.] with handwritten price [.] the old price crossed out in ink and the new price of 1200 handwritten in» (Juliar). -- Ledizione originale ci mise tre anni ad esaurirsi, ma ora del 1958 il "caso «Lolita»" era ormai montato a livello mondiale, con edizioni nelle principali lingue (tra le prime, quella italiana per la «Medusa» Mondadori in maggio) e finalmente la nuova edizione in inglese, pubblicata a New York da G.P. Putnams Sons, che consentì la correzione dei numerosi refusi che funestavano la prima stampa sul suolo francese. -- Commentando la stesura dellopera direttamente in inglese (lingua che Nabokov parlava in casa fin da bambino e che padroneggiava con maestria), nella postfazione alla prima edizione americana («On a book entitled "Lolita"») lautore ebbe a dire: «After Olympia Press, in Paris, published the book, an American critic suggested that "Lolita" was the record of my love affair with the romantic novel. The substitution "English language" for "romantic novel" would make the elegant formula more correct». Juliar, Vladimir Nabokov: A Descriptive Bibliography, n. A28.1 issue b 2 voll., in 16°, brossura verde con stampa in bianco e nero, pp. 188 [2]; 223 [1]. Edizione originale nellemissione riprezzata. Esemplari con etichetta di «New Price | Francs 1.200 per volume | The Olympia Press» a coprire loriginario «900 Francs»; etichetta sovrastata dalla nota a matita «I/II Frs. 2400»; i due volumi si presentano freschissimi e puliti, dritti e squadrati, con i dorsi appena bruniti e leggermente segnati lungo i fascicoli, minime e quasi impercettibili spellature agli spigoli delle cerniere, una nota come di segnatura di biblioteca in inchiostro blu al margine basso interno della prima carta di ciascun volume. brossura verde con stampa in bianco e nero,
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy
Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1955.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, early impression of Nabokov's lyrical masterwork. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Vladimir Nabokov on the half-title page with an additional drawing of a butterfly. An accomplished lepidopterist, Nabokov only included butterfly drawings in books presented to those especially important to him. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Author photograph by Maclean Damcron. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. "Brilliant. One of the funniest and one of the saddest books that will be published this year" (New York Times). "Lolita blazes with a perversity of a most original kind, for Mr. Nabokov has distilled from his shocking material hundred-proof intellectual farce. Lolita seems an assertion of the power of the comic spirit to wrest delight and truth from the most outlandish materials. It is one of the funniest serious novels I have ever read; and the vision of its abominable hero, who never deludes or excuses himself, brings into grotesque relief the cant, the vulgarity, and the hypocritical conventions that pervade the human comedy" (Atlantic Monthly). The novel was adapted into the 1962 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring James Mason and Peter Sellers.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.