Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle in Five Parts

by Nabokov, Vladimir

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, advanced proof. ii , 589 pp. 8vo. Mustard wrappers, some staining to front cover possibly from old glue of label . Juliar E40.1. Item #374854 As Nabokov writes to his editor upon receiving an uncorrected proof, “With your buxom Ada against my breast, my bathroom scale reckons my weight at 88 1⁄2 kg.; without her at 87. What a splendid, enchantingly appetizing volume.”

• Binding: Wrappers

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