Authors starting with N from Quill & Brush

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1987). First U. S. edition. Uncorrected proof with probable publication date October 1987. Fine in red paperwraps. ... more information

New York: Scribner's Sons (1987). First U. S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990). First U. S. edition. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

New York: HarperCollins (1994). First U. S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1988). First U. S. edition. A review copy, with publisher's blurb laid in. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1982). First U. S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1985). First U. S. edition. Fine in mysterious pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill Co. (1968). First edition. Name on front end paper, otherwise fine in lightly rubbed white dustwrapper. Bottom page edges smoothly trimmed (also seen rough-trimmed). ... more information

(Dickerson: Quill & Brush, 2004). Includes a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; list of the author's first editions (American and British) current to the date of publication of the guide, with entries for limited and trade editions; number of copies (if available); how to identify the first edition; and estimated values with and without the dustwrapper (if applicable). Issued on 16 three-hole-punch, looseleaf pages, for ready reference in a binder of your ... more information

(New York): New Directions (1960). "New edition," originally published in 1938. Name on front pastedown, otherwise fine with cloth edges lightly rubbed and page edges faintly soiled in dustwrapper with light rubbing and one small closed tear on back panel. ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company (1971). First edition. Translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. Fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

(New York): Phaedra, 1966. First edition. Juliar's variant d with red endpapers and lacking "New York 17, N. Y." at bottom of back flap. Fine in dustwrapper with light rubbing. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1959. First edition. Drawings by Robin Jacques. Complete poetic works in English to this date. Very good with offset on endpapers, small bookstore label on back pastedown, foxing and dampstains on endpapers and cloth edges rubbed; in a soiled dustwrapper with one closed tear and a few small nicks. Despite the noted flaws, a nice copy. ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1959). First edition. "New York Times" newspaper clipping (3/19/69): "Theater: 'A Beheading' Adaptation of Nabokov Book Staged Here." Fine in very good dustwrapper. The verso of the dustwrapper has been reinforced with tape. The dustwrapper has a couple small chips and an obvious one-inch closed tear at bottom of spine. Still, a very clean copy. ... more information

(New York): Phaedra, 1966. First edition. Juliar's variant "b" with white endpapers and all signatures on nonacidic paper (variant "a" had one signature on acidic bulky paper) and with "New York 17, N. Y." at bottom of back flap. Corners a little rubbed, otherwise fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

(New York): Phaedra Publishers, 1966. First edition. Variant "b" with white endpapers and pages bulking about 8.5mm. Cloth corners showing just a bit of wear, otherwise fine in bright, clean dustwrapper with just a little wear on corners. ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company (1973). First edition. Interviews and articles, a collection of "public prose." Front bottom corner just a bit bumped, otherwise fine in black dustwrapper with the barest wear and one tiny ding on front cover that doesn't go through paper and is not particularly noticeable. ... more information

[Evanston]: Northwestern University, 1970. First and only edition. Issued as a special supplement to TriQuarterly 17, an issue devoted entirely to Vladimir Navokov. This pamphlet includes Nabokov's responses to some of the comments made by contributors to the special issue. Printed self wraps: 16 pages, with cover serving as the title page and last page blank; stapled. Minor edge creasing, otherwise very good to fine. ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1959). First edition in English, with a new foreword by Nabokov. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. Corners a little bumped, otherwise fine in dustwrapper with the barest wear. ... more information

New York: Phaedra, 1965. First edition, so stated. We believe this to be the first issue/state with publisher's address on copyright page and dust jacket printed on white laid uncoated paper with Trident Press mentioned at bottom of back flap. Although Juliar does not assign a priority to the two issues, we believe it would be first as it matches an advance copy we had in stock. The book is fine and bright in the white dust jacket showing a little aging with one tiny closed tear at bottom corne... more information