Authors starting with N from Ken Lopez - Bookseller, ABAA

(Newcastle): Blue Oak Press. (1977). A cycle of poems, derived from the spiritual visions he had at the time of a near-death experience, which were followed by dreams and, later, fasting-induced visions. Illustrated by Mary Frances Nelson (Sne-n'ah), a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. According to the colophon, this is one of 100 hardcover copies, although it is not signed by the author as the colophon calls for. Both the book and the jacket bear the blindstamp of author Ken Kesey. . First Ed... more information

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1988). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1987). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1990). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: McGraw-Hill. (1971). Minor mottling to upper boards; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

1960. August 28, 1960. Written to Doubleday editor Pyke Johnson, Jr., returning the $2500 advance given to him for the novel Pale Fire and asking that he be freed from his contract: "On August 16 1959 I wrote you that I had decided to postpone indefinitely the writing of the novel (PALE FIRE) for which I had signed a contract with Doubleday & Co. Nothing new has happened since with respect to this matter, and I am not sure that I shall ever go back to the book I had been planning under this title.&... more information

Paris: Olympia Press. (1955). The correct first edition of Nabokov's masterwork, published in Paris by the Olympia Press, which was most widely known at that time for the pornography published in its "Travelers Companion" series. This novel, which is now viewed as one of the high spots of 20th century literature, was not published in that series, but was bound in wrappers that are essentially identical to the Travelers Companion books -- presumably so that potential buyers might purchase it th... more information

NY: Phaedra. 1965. The first English-language edition of this short novel originally published in Russian (in Paris) in 1930. This is Juliar's Variant "a," with publisher's address line. Foxing to top edge, else fine in a slightly dusty dust jacket. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: Putnam. (1966). The first American edition, and the second English translation of this novel that first appeared in Russian. Nabokov did both the translations, first for a British edition that was published in 1937 and then, nearly 30 years later, for this edition. He also revised the text somewhat and, according to an author's note, reinstated "an important passage which had been stupidly omitted in more timid times." A bit of foxing to top edge and a small sticker abrasion to the flyleaf... more information

(NY): Phaedra. 1966. Four short stories, two of them published in the U.S. for the first time here, the others from The New Yorker and Esquire. Juliar's Variant "a," with green endpapers. Fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

(NY): Phaedra. 1966. A play by Nabokov, originally published in Russian in 1938. Juliar's Variant "d," with red endpapers and lacking "New York 17, N.Y." on the rear flap. Slight top edge foxing, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a snag at the crown. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: McGraw-Hill. (1970). The first American edition of Nabokov's first novel, originally published in Russia in 1925. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket nicked at the crown. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: McGraw-Hill. (1971). Very Good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: Wideview/Perigee. (1984). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. (1966). Revised edition. Very Good in Good (chipped, edge-worn) DJ. . hardcover. ... more information

NY: Viking. (1977). A follow-up to Field's earlier book -- Nabokov. His Life in Art. Top edge foxing and fading to cloth there; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with fading to the spine lettering. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: Harper & Row. (1979). Very Good in Very Good (spine-faded) DJ. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. (1998). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Viking Press. (1997). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Loose cover. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa. (1980). First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed to the poet Ai by the translator Bruce Berland. Very Good. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information