The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

by Vladimir Nabokov

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first issue binding in the coarse red burlap. Review copy with stamp on flyleaf stating date of Publication as Dec 12, 1941 5 days after Pearl Harbor . 205, 1, printer’s imprint pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Coarse red burlap with paper labels on cover and spine. Fine, in dust jacket with some old tape repairs and edge rubbing, good or better. Juliar A21.a, issue a. Item #374856 Nabokov's first English

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