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NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Zaschita luzhina.

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Berlin: "Slovo," 1930. 236 pp. 8vo (200 x 135 mm). Publisher's blue cloth. Condition: covers soiled and dampstained, spine extremities split and chipped, front hinge cracked, corners frayed. rare first edition of the master's third novel. First serialized in Sovremennye zapiski [Contemporary Annals], Nos. 40-42 (1929-1930). "That novel alone would suffice to give M. Sirin a very oustanding place in contemporary world literature"--The New York Times Book Review (May 20, 1934). Nabokov did not get around to translating (with Michael Sammel) his novel as The Defense until 1964. Difficult to find in any condition. Field 0666.

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