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NABOKOV,VLADIMIR.
Lolita.
2 volumes. Small 8vo, publisher’s green, white,
and black printed wrappers, spines leaning very slightly, minor rubbing to spine tips and
front joint of vol. 1, few soft creases but overall quite clean and free from soiling; penciled
ownership inscriptions on the half-titles, auction clipping cellotaped to verso of front
wrapper of vol. 1, otherwise contents clean.
Paris:The Olympia Press, (1955)
[3,500/5,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE OF NABOKOV
’
S MASTERPIECE
with unobscured printed price of 900
Francs on each volume. Lolita was not published in the U.S. and the U.K. until 1959. An excellent
survival. Kearney 16; Juliar A28.1.1.
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NERUDA, PABLO.
La Copa de
Sangre.
Title in red and black. 4to, origi-
nal printed wrappers, original glassine
overwrap, fine; very light and occasional
spotting to endleaves only, Humberti
Ortolani bookplate tipped to front free
endpaper, paper watermarked C.M.
Fabriano; in original mustard cloth
chemise lettered in black and matching
slipcase (few barely perceptible smudges to
each).
Alpignano:A.Tallone, 1969
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST LIMITED EDITION
,
number 411 of 470
copies, from a total issue of 507.
RARE PRESEN
-
TATION COPY
,
INSCRIBED BY NERUDA
in his
signature green ink: “A Rodrigo con le amistad
de Pablo Neruda.”A beautifully preserved copy.